PROJECT Under construction
Cipher Barber Lake
Cipher reported construction and fit-out progressing at Barber Lake in August 2026, including initial tenant access. Gross power capacity is not live critical IT load; remaining delivery is phased.
Project facts
- Developer / owner
- Cipher Mining
- Market
- Colorado City, Texas
- Industry
- Data centers
- Capacity marker
- 300 MW gross campus power capacity
- Record status
- Verified Sep 7, 2026
Workforce outlook
No linked openings yet; tracked from public milestones.
Openings are linked by project employer and labor market, so a posting may also serve other sites in the market. See hiring in Colorado City, Texas →
Project participants
- Developer
- Cipher Mining · Source ↗
- Customer
- Fluidstack · Source ↗
HPC tenant named in the construction update.
Milestones and targets
- August 4, 2026 Reported
- Construction and tenant-access update · Source ↗
Targets reflect published schedules and are not confirmed completions.
Construction progress
- Running
- Not yet running · Epoch estimate, Jul 2026
- Planned
- About 207 MW in 1 building by Apr 2027 · Epoch projection
- Jul 30, 2026 Seen
- Building 1's shell is complete with rooftop units installed, most chillers are in place and most of its 120 backup generators are set. Not yet energized.
- Nov 29, 2025 Seen
- Foundations for Building 1 are visible.
- Sep 18, 2025 Seen
- Site grading and civil works begin.
Seen: visible in satellite or drone images. Reported: stated by the company or a public agency. Estimate: Epoch AI’s judgment from progress so far. Building numbers are Epoch’s. Summarized from Epoch AI, AI data centers (updated Nov 1, 2026), CC BY 4.0.