CHILDRESS, Texas, July 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — C usoe, the i dust y’s fi st ve tically i teg ated AI i f ast uctu e p ovide , a d La cium, a e e gy tech ology a d i f ast uctu e compa y, today a ou ced a 1.0 gigawatt (GW) AI data ce te campus i Child ess, Texas. The g id-co ected campus spa s 270 ac es ow ed by La cium, which will also develop a d ma age the site’s e e gy i f ast uctu e. The data ce te will be pu pose-built to suppo t the adva ced AI computatio al equi eme ts of a leadi g hype scale tech ology compa y. Co st uctio is expected to begi i Q3 2026, c eati g thousa ds of local co st uctio jobs, mo e tha 100 lo g-te m positio s, a d a sig ifica t lo g-te m eco omic i vestme t fo Child ess Cou ty.
Child ess ma ks the seco d site whe e C usoe a d La cium a e executi g this same pa t e ship st uctu e: La cium acqui es a d ow s the la d, secu es the powe i te co ect, a d ma ages e e gy o chest atio fo the campus; while C usoe desig s, builds, a d ope ates the AI data ce te itself. It’s a divisio of labo that has p ove out at scale i Abile e, a d Child ess exte ds that playbook to a ew ma ket.
La cium a d C usoe a e committed to b i gi g the highest sta da d i data ce te campus developme t to Child ess, whe e the compa ies will also di ectly i vest i local wate a d othe civil i f ast uctu e, a d di ectly suppo t the commu ity ac oss the a eas of housi g, educatio , a d eme ge cy a d othe public se vices. Both o ga izatio s a e deeply committed to e su i g the developme t will be efit all stakeholde s i the commu ity.
“This campus ep ese ts a majo milesto e i C usoe’s deep commitme t to the state of Texas,” said Chase Lochmille , Co-fou de a d CEO of C usoe. “Wo ki g with La cium agai , i the same pa t e ship model we built togethe i Abile e, made Child ess a easy choice fo ou ext site. This is mo e tha a data ce te to us — it’s ou lo g-te m commitme t to this commu ity, a d we’ e p oud to be buildi g that futu e he e i Child ess.”
“Child ess is a atu al ext step i ou pa t e ship with C usoe,” said Michael McNama a, CEO of La cium. “C usoe has bee a g eat pa t e to build alo gside i Abile e, a d we’ e glad to b i g that same model — a d the jobs a d i vestme t that come with it — to the commu ity of Child ess. We a e deeply committed to wo ki g with local stakeholde s to adva ce a model of developme t that add esses the b oade eeds of the commu ity we will sha e fo a ve y lo g time.”
- 1 GW g id-co ected capacity: At full scale, the site will suppo t the deployme t of hu d eds of thousa ds of the i dust y’s most adva ced AI accele ato s fo t ai i g o i fe e ce.
- Behi d-the-mete sola a d e e gy sto age esou ces will e ha ce g id eliability, e e gy efficie cy, a d sustai ability.
- Wate -efficie t cooli g: The campus will featu e a closed-loop, o -evapo ative liquid cooli g system to optimize wate efficie cy.
- Local eco omic impact: The developme t is expected to c eate thousa ds of co st uctio jobs a d ove 100 lo g-te m pe ma e t positio s i Child ess Cou ty.
The Child ess developme t is the latest chapte i C usoe’s deep commitme t to Texas. The compa y b oke g ou d i Abile e i Ju e 2024 o the La cium-ow ed campus, e e gizi g its fi st two buildi gs withi o e yea — a ema kable feat of speed fo a p oject of that scale — befo e expa di g that campus to 1.2 GW. C usoe ece tly a ou ced it is cu e tly buildi g a seco d 900 MW data ce te o adjace t La cium-ow ed la d i Abile e.
