# IONIC Digital Cedarvale

ERCOT data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/ionic-digital-cedarvale

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.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: under_construction
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 3013 FM 516 North, Barstow, Ward County, TX
- Operator: IONIC Digital (exact asset) — https://ionicdigital.com/
- Tenant: Nscale (exact asset) — https://www.nscale.com/
- Cloud customer: Microsoft (phase) — https://www.microsoft.com/

## Power and grid context

- Contracted power: 234 MW · contracted · exact asset · as of 2025-10-14 — Nscale agreed to lease the full 234 MW capacity of the exact Cedarvale facility.
- Campus gross power: 234 MW · reported · exact asset · as of 2026-07-27 — The exact IONIC Digital Cedarvale facility is reported as having total capacity of 234 MW; the source does not identify whether this is energized, utility-service, or critical-IT capacity.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Substation: TNMP Cedarvale 138-kV substation, described in ERCOT planning materials as nearby to a proposed 345-kV switching station; the exact electrical service relationship to the IONIC Digital Cedarvale facility is not established.
- Interconnection voltage: 138 kV

## Development

- Site status: 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.
- Site area: 43.41 acres
- Buildings: 4
- Construction: 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. Ionic later leased the facility’s full 234 MW capacity to Nscale for AI and high-performance computing; the Nscale deployment is planned for 2026.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, cloud, ai_hpc
- Workloads: AI training, AI fine-tuning, AI inferencing
- Announced tenants: Nscale
- Critical IT load: 234 MW
- Operating context: 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. IONIC states that most of the Cedarvale Bitcoin-mining fleet is to be moved to Midland.

## Sources

- [http://dchub.cloud/facility/21266](http://dchub.cloud/facility/21266)
- [Nscale: Cedarvale Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/nscale-cedarvale)
- [Fetched web page](https://cases.stretto.com/public/X217/12024/PLEADINGS/1202401312380000000040.pdf)
- [Data Centers in Texas](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/data-centers/data-center-lists.php)
- [Core Scientific, Inc./tx (Form: 8-K, Received: 11/17/2023 07:51:18)](https://content.edgar-online.com/ExternalLink/EDGAR/0001193125-23-279336.html?hash=ea5c4e4c4f619427bf0574737a06cb77e60bae8ffee5a48dbd8141820e7cc284&dest=d603270dex992_htm)
- [Net Lease Agreement Between Ionic Digital Cedarvale LLC and | Ionic Digital Inc. | Business Contracts | Justia](https://contracts.justia.com/companies/ionic-digital-inc-104926/contract/1376952/)
- [Fetched web page](https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001839341/5030beff-54b1-43bd-89cf-3cfebb2efe01.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://dchub.cloud/api/v1/facilities/ionic-digital-ionic-digital-cedarvale-54d359e9)
- [description: IONIC Digital Cedarvale is a data center in West Texas, TX, US. View specs, location, power & connectivity on DC Hub. title: IONIC Digital Cedarvale — Data Center](https://dchub.cloud/facility/21266)
- [Ionic Digital Plans Public Listing Following Rebirth from Celsius Bankruptcy - Insurance News | InsuranceNewsNet](https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/ionic-digital-plans-public-listing-following-rebirth-from-celsius-bankruptcy)
- [Core Scientific, Inc. and Celsius Mining LLC Enter into Purchase Agreement for Core Scientific’s Texas Data Center Site, Agree to Settle All Existing Litigation :: Core Scientific, Inc. (CORZ)](https://investors.corescientific.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/56/core-scientific-inc-and-celsius-mining-llc-enter-into-purchase-agreement-for-core-scientifics-texas-data-center-site-agree-to-settle-all-existing-litigation)
- [Ionic Digital Secures Transformational Lease Agreement of Cedarvale Facility with Nscale  - Ionic](https://ionicdigital.com/press-releases/ionic-digital-secures-transformational-lease-agreement-of-cedarvale-facility-with-nscale) — Ionic Digital · 2025-10-15
- [Ionic Digital Secures Transformational Lease Agreement of Cedarvale Facility with Nscale  - Ionic](https://ionicdigital.com/press-releases/ionic-digital-secures-transformational-lease-agreement-of-cedarvale-facility-with-nscale/)
- [Tag Archives: irrigation](https://livingnewdeal.org/tag/irrigation/)
- [Fetched web page](https://records.tceq.texas.gov/cs/idcplg?IdcService=TCEQ_EXTERNAL_SEARCH_GET_FILE&dID=520965&Rendition=Web)
- [Ionic Digital Announces March 2025 Mining and Operations Update](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250407458276/en/Ionic-Digital-Announces-March-2025-Mining-and-Operations-Update)
- [Ionic Digital Secures Transformational Lease Agreement of Cedarvale Facility with Nscale](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251014043760/en/Ionic-Digital-Secures-Transformational-Lease-Agreement-of-Cedarvale-Facility-with-Nscale)
- [Texas Data Center Facilities, Permits & Public Records](https://www.datacenter.fyi/state/tx)
- [Crypto firm Ionic Digital looks to go public - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/crypto-firm-ionic-digital-looks-to-go-public/) — Data Center Dynamics · 2025-10-30
- [IONIC Digital Cedarvale - Pecos](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/pecos/ionic-digital-cedarvale/)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2023/07/14/EIR%20-%20TNMP%20-%20Silverleaf%20and%20Cowpen%20345138-kV%20Stations%20Project%20-%20Scope%20-%20RPG%20July2023.pdf)
- [Ionic, Nscale Deal Highlights AI Growth as Texas Data Center Boom Accelerates - Ksst Radio](https://www.ksstradio.com/2025/10/ionic-nscale-deal-highlights-ai-growth-as-texas-data-center-boom-accelerates/) — KSST Radio · 2025-10-15
- [IONIC DIGITAL SHARES SEPTEMBER 2024 PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS UPDATE - Mining Stock Education](https://www.miningstockeducation.com/2024/10/ionic-digital-shares-september-2024-production-operations-update/)
- [Nscale Contracts Approximately 200,000 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs with Microsoft to Deliver NVIDIA AI Infrastructure Across Europe and the U.S. | Press Release | Nscale](https://www.nscale.com/press-releases/nscale-microsoft-2025)
- [Ionic Digital Announces December 2025 Mining and Operations Update](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ionic-digital-announces-december-2025-mining-and-operations-update-302667143.html) — Ionic Digital via PR Newswire · 2026-01-21
- [Fetched web page](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839341/000119312523058334/d411824dex101.htm)
- [History of Barstow, Texas: From Settlement to Decline](https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/barstow-tx)
- [Water Resources of Ward County, Texas](https://www.twdb.texas.gov/publications/reports/numbered_reports/doc/R125/R125_a.pdf)

## Data quality

- The exact-site evidence documents the Cedarvale lease, operational handoff, and AI/HPC use, but does not document local jobs, tax receipts, charitable activity, public infrastructure investment, or other community-specific benefits.
- The search identified no exact-site public-hearing notice, petition, community organization, or resident opposition record for Cedarvale in Barstow/Ward County.
- The 2023 Core Scientific–Celsius dispute concerned the Cedarvale site and was announced as settled; it is historical commercial litigation, not evidence of current community opposition.
- Some reporting discusses broader Texas data-center sustainability and infrastructure issues without attributing those impacts or proceedings to Cedarvale; those claims are excluded from the exact-asset findings.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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