IONIC Digital Cedarvale

Under Construction · IONIC Digital · 3013 FM 516 North, Barstow, TX

IONIC Digital operates the Cedarvale facility at 3013 FM 516 North in Barstow on a 43.41-acre site, a four-building hyperscale complex with 234 MW total capacity designed for advanced compute and AI workloads. Building 1 (50 MW) energized August 2024 and Building 2 (50 MW) energized October 2024; Buildings 3–4 were under construction. Nscale leased the full 234 MW capacity in October 2025 for planned 2026 deployment.

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Overview

Status: Under Construction
Phased development / under construction as of the latest project record; the first two of four 50 MW buildings were energized, while Nscale’s AI deployment is planned for 2026.
Exact-site power: 234 MW
Campus Gross Power · Reported
Site: 43.41 acres
4 reported buildings · Facility
Compute profile: Hyperscale · Cloud
AI training · AI fine-tuning

IONIC Digital Cedarvale

Under Construction · IONIC Digital · 3013 FM 516 North, Barstow, TX

IONIC Digital operates the Cedarvale facility at 3013 FM 516 North in Barstow on a 43.41-acre site, a four-building hyperscale complex with 234 MW total capacity designed for advanced compute and AI workloads. Building 1 (50 MW) energized August 2024 and Building 2 (50 MW) energized October 2024; Buildings 3–4 were under construction. Nscale leased the full 234 MW capacity in October 2025 for planned 2026 deployment.

Website Open in grid

Overview

Status: Under Construction
Phased development / under construction as of the latest project record; the first two of four 50 MW buildings were energized, while Nscale’s AI deployment is planned for 2026.
Exact-site power: 234 MW
Campus Gross Power · Reported
Site: 43.41 acres
4 reported buildings · Facility
Compute profile: Hyperscale · Cloud
AI training · AI fine-tuning

Cooling design

Reported

Cooling units for the data center are referenced, but the equipment type and cooling medium are not specified.

Profile

Project scope: Cedarvale was a partially developed 215 MW bitcoin-mining facility with buildings under construction when Core Scientific announced its September 2023 sale to Celsius. The site was built out in four 50 MW buildings: Building 1 was energized in August 2024, Building 2 in October 2024, and the remaining two buildings were still under construction at that time.
Power and grid: 234 MW of campus gross power is reported for the exact facility.
Compute role: IONIC Digital Cedarvale is a leased hyperscale AI-cloud campus. Nscale leases the facility from IONIC Digital and is deploying phased NVIDIA AI infrastructure for Microsoft, supporting AI training, fine-tuning, and inferencing.
Cooling and environment: Cooling units for the data center are referenced, but the equipment type and cooling medium are not specified. The planned Nscale deployment is described as approximately 240 MW for about 104,000 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs, with potential expansion to 1.2 GW and a possible additional 700 MW phase; this indicates a substantial planned electricity and grid-load impact, but no site-specific emissions quantity is disclosed.
Local reporting: Ionic Digital announced a lease of its Cedarvale facility in Barstow, Texas, to Nscale.

Organizations

Material, source-backed organizations directly involved with this facility or its parent campus. Duplicate legal names and incidental community mentions are excluded.

OrganizationRoleScope

Core Scientific, Inc.OwnerExact Asset

IONIC DigitalOwner · OperatorExact Asset

NscaleOperator · TenantExact Asset · Phase

Priority Power Management, LLCUtilityExact Asset

ComNet Communications, LLCContractorExact Asset

Coonrod Electric Co., LLCContractorExact Asset

Huband-Mantor Construction, Inc.ContractorExact Asset

Graybar Electric Company, Inc.Equipment SupplierExact Asset

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Sep 15, 2023
Sep 15, 2023
Original Cedarvale mining facility announced
Core Scientific’s September 2023 announcement described Cedarvale as a partially developed, non-operational 215 MW site with available power, buildings under construction, equipment, and designs needed to complete the facility.
Aug 2024
Aug 2024
Building 1 entered operation
First of four 50 MW Cedarvale buildings; energized during August 2024.
Oct 2024
Oct 2024
Building 2 entered operation
Second 50 MW building; Ionic reported that its energization brought the facility’s energized load to 140 MW.
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1. Oct 21, 2024
  Oct 21, 2024
  Building 2 announced
  Second 50 MW building; Ionic reported that its energization brought the facility’s energized load to 140 MW.
2. Oct 21, 2024
  Oct 21, 2024
  Buildings 3–4 announced
  The remaining two buildings, each described as 50 MW, were under construction; Ionic anticipated energization within the coming months. The cited source does not establish that this anticipated schedule was achieved.
Oct 30, 2025
Oct 30, 2025
Crypto firm Ionic Digital looks to go publicData Center...
Trade coverage identified the Barstow site as the 234MW Cedarvale site, described Nscale's lease for Microsoft-related AI workloads, and reported that predecessor Celsius acquired the then-undeveloped site from Core Scientific while settling litigation between those companies.
2026
2026
Nscale AI deployment expected online
Ionic announced a 10-year lease of Cedarvale’s full 234 MW capacity to Nscale for advanced compute and AI workloads. A current project record describes the Nscale site as planned for 2026, with prospective expansion through 2027.
Jan 21, 2026
Jan 21, 2026
Ionic Digital Announces December 2025 Mining and Operations UpdateIonic Digit...
Ionic Digital reported that mining operations at Cedarvale were wound down for transition to Nscale, that Nscale took possession in December 2025, and that mining equipment was transferred out during the operational handoff.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

comptroller.texas.govData Centers in TexasGovernment filing

records.tceq.texas.govSourceGovernment filing

sec.govSourceGovernment filing

Oct 14, 2025

Nscale AI deployment announced

Ionic announced a 10-year lease of Cedarvale’s full 234 MW capacity to Nscale for advanced compute and AI workloads. A current project record describes the Nscale site as planned for 2026, with prospective expansion through 2027.

Oct 15, 2025

Ionic Digital Secures Transformational Lease Agreement of Cedarvale Facility with NscaleIonic Digit...

Ionic Digital announced a lease of its Cedarvale facility in Barstow, Texas, to Nscale. The release describes the facility as supporting advanced compute and says the agreement would provide contracted revenue to Ionic and support potential expansion, but it does not identify community-specific benefits.

Oct 15, 2025

Ionic, Nscale Deal Highlights AI Growth as Texas Data Center Boom AcceleratesKSST Radio

Local reporting identified the Nscale lease as covering Ionic Digital's Cedarvale facility in Ward County and included a link resolving to 3013 FM 516 in Barstow. The article framed the transaction as part of Texas's AI/HPC expansion and discussed general sustainability considerations.