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Aligned breaks ground on 540MW data center campus in Texas
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US data center firm Aligned has broken ground on a new campus in Texas.
Key facts
- Macquarie Asset Management sold Aligned to a consortium comprising the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX, and BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) last year for $40bn
- The company this week announced work has started on Project Caprock, a 540MW campus located on 313 acres outside Abernathy in Hale County
- At full build-out, the site will total 1.65 million square feet (153,290 sqm) of capacity across six facilities
- Outside of the US, Aligned acquired LATAM-based OData in May 2023 and has a footprint in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico
Summary
The company this week announced work has started on Project Caprock, a 540MW campus located on 313 acres outside Abernathy in Hale County. At full build-out, the site will total 1.65 million square feet (153,290 sqm) of capacity across six facilities. “We are proud to bring next-generation infrastructure to Hale County,” said Andrew Schaap, CEO of Aligned. Aligned said it is building and funding the dedicated electrical infrastructure required to power its Caprock campus to protect local ratepayers, and is working with Xcel Energy.