FACILITY PROFILE · TX

Cipher McLennan HPC Data Center

Cipher Digital · Waco · TX

PROJECT FACTS

Facility overview

Proposed

Operator: Cipher Digital
Location: Waco, McLennan, TX
Operating power capacity: Not publicly reported
Planned power capacity: 500.0 MW
AI classification: Not classified
Source confidence: Reported
Reported energy source: Not publicly reported
Reported utility: Not publicly reported
Cooling system: Not publicly reported
Location accuracy: approximate
Original announcement: 2024-10
Source record updated: 2026-08-16

Operating MW and planned MW are separate disclosures, not automatically additive. Blank values mean no established source figure; they do not mean zero. Geolocation may be approximate or represent multiple sites.

SOURCE DOCUMENTATION

Original source links

Cipher Digital (Cipher Mining) FY2025 Form 10-K — McLennan Site, central Texas, targeted capacity up to 500 MW, energize 2028; option exercised Feb 2026 ↗2026-07-17

Waco Bridge — 'Second Waco-area data center proposal troubles residents' (citing McLennan County clerk records) ↗2026-08-16

Cipher Mining — Announces Signing of Option Agreements to Acquire 1.5 GW of Data Center Sites in West and North Texas (GlobeNewswire, Oct 15, 2024) ↗2026-07-25

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