Two data-center buildings totaling about 1.52 million square feet are planned near Jayton in Kent County, West Texas, with a combined estimated cost of $4.8 billion. The often-cited figure of about $12 billion is for planned investment across the Jayton and Childress developments together—not for Jayton alone.
What is planned near Jayton?
Reports describe two proposed data-center buildings along Country Road 233 and P2390 in Jayton, Kent County, Texas. No specific street address has been reported. The projects appear in Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registrations dated October 1, 2026, according to Texas Construction Hub’s October 5 report.
Texas Construction Hub reports 759,262 square feet and an estimated $2.4 billion cost for each building. Together, the pair would total 1,518,524 square feet and $4.8 billion in estimated investment. TechRadar rounds the area of each building to 759,260 square feet.
When could construction happen?
The reported schedules list construction starts in January 2027 and completions in 2029. These are prospective dates in project filings and reporting; they do not confirm that construction has begun.
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How does Jayton relate to the $12 billion figure?
TechRadar describes the Jayton project as connected to the separate Childress Project Hyper development and puts planned investment across the two developments at approximately $12 billion. The figure is a combined estimate reported for Jayton and Childress, not the cost of the Jayton buildings alone or an independently verified statewide AI-investment total.
The reports do not establish that the two developments will share power infrastructure. They also do not disclose the Jayton facilities’ power supply or operating capacity, so those details should not be inferred from the combined investment figure.
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Who is developing the campus, and who will use it?
TechRadar associates the Jayton facilities with Crusoe. However, Texas Construction Hub says the registrations identify owner entities but do not name Crusoe as developer. The reports therefore support describing the Crusoe connection as reported, rather than as a developer identity confirmed by the filings.
No customer or tenant is named for the Jayton buildings. The reports do not establish who would use the facilities.
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What does the Texas data-center permit pause mean for Jayton?
On September 21, 2026, the Office of the Texas Governor said Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to halt data-center permit issuance until the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) completes an audit. The Governor’s Office also stated: “Because the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), ERCOT, and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) require that information to make informed decisions, no state agency shall move forward with regulatory approvals related to data center development until it is acquired.”
This is statewide policy context, not evidence of a Jayton-specific permit decision. The available reporting does not say whether the proposed Jayton buildings have received permits or how the direction will affect their schedule.
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Sources
- TechRadar, October 7, 2026, on the proposed Jayton campus, schedule, and combined Jayton–Childress investment estimate.
- Texas Construction Hub, October 5, 2026, on the October 1 registrations, building areas, estimated costs, owner entities, and schedule.
- Office of the Texas Governor, September 21, 2026, on the statewide direction concerning data-center permits and the ERCOT audit.
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