This canonical record consolidates 12 source-backed observations without discarding aliases, limitations or unresolved dimensions.
| Operator / developer | Crusoe operates; OpenAI primary customer; Oracle manages AI infrastructure |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Taylor County / Abilene, TX |
| Address | Not published |
| Location precision | exact coordinate |
| Coordinates | 32.50792, -99.77722 |
| Capacity | 1200 MW |
| Aliases | Longhorn Data Center (Crusoe) |
| Project profile | 9 rows |
|---|---|
| Intent / permits | 1 rows |
| Civic / infrastructure | 2 rows |
Facility coordinates published for the Longhorn power station serving the Abilene campus
Key data: Latitude 32.50792, longitude -99.77722
Limitation: Street address and parcel not published; site is on the Lancium Clean Campus, roughly 1,100 acres
Owners of record listed as a campus master association and Crusoe's operating entity
Key data: "Abilene Data Center Campus Master Association" (Unit 1) and Crusoe Energy Systems LLC
Limitation: Underlying land is the Lancium Clean Campus; the Taylor County appraisal-district deed chain was not retrieved
Crusoe builds and operates the campus; OpenAI is the primary customer and Oracle manages the AI infrastructure layer
Key data: Crusoe operates; OpenAI primary customer; Oracle manages AI infrastructure
Limitation: Tenant-by-building allocation not disclosed
Campus is on the Lancium Clean Campus with a large ERCOT interconnection; Crusoe announced expansion to 1.2 GW
Key data: 1.2 gigawatt ERCOT interconnection at the Lancium Clean Campus
Limitation: No specific ERCOT interconnection agreement number or transmission service provider name was published
Project site states cooling is closed-loop with municipal water for makeup and sanitary discharge to city sewer
Key data: Municipal water supply; roughly 50,000 gallons per year per building; wastewater to sanitary sewer
Limitation: "Municipal water supply" is not named as City of Abilene by the source and no water service agreement is referenced
State air/water permitting via TCEQ, county is Taylor, economic development runs through the city's development corporation
Key data: Development Corporation of Abilene (DCOA) as the local development entity
Limitation: No MUD/PID or groundwater conservation district identified for this site
Crusoe's release names the DCOA chief executive as the local economic-development principal
Key data: Misty Mayo, President and CEO, Development Corporation of Abilene; developabilene.com
Limitation: Direct phone/email not published in the release
Site sits inside the Lancium Clean Campus, a purpose-built power-adjacent campus in the ERCOT West zone
Key data: Lancium Abilene Clean Campus hosting the Crusoe buildings
Limitation: Specific substation names, line voltages, water mains, rail and fiber carriers not stated
NOT_FOUND — searched Crusoe, Lancium and project pages; no Abilene or Taylor County planning case number, department or named planner published
Limitation: Site may be outside city limits in unincorporated Taylor County, where no zoning case would exist
Status date: Received 11/07/2025
Limitation: Location and capacity not stated on the pending-applications report.
Crusoe's own disclosure for the Abilene campus: each of eight buildings needs a 1,000,000-gallon initial fill from the municipal supply, then ~50,000 gal/building/year for maintenance; heat rejection is via air-cooled chillers with no consumptive water use.
Key data: 1,000,000 gal initial fill/building (8,000,000 gal total); ~50,000 gal/building/yr
Status date: 2026 (page current)
Limitation: Company self-report; no TCEQ or City of Abilene water permit document located this session. (confidence detail: VERIFIED_PRIMARY (company disclosure))
Crusoe/Development Corporation of Abilene project ~**$1 billion** in direct and indirect economic impact over 20 years from the first two buildings, and say the fully operational campus would equal up to **32% of Abilene's FY2025 budgeted property tax revenue** and **25% of Taylor County's**.
Key data: ~$1B 20-yr impact; up to 32% of city and 25% of county FY2025 budgeted property tax revenue
Status date: 2026 (page current)
Limitation: Company/EDC projection, not an audited fiscal-impact study; abatement terms not disclosed on the page.