Goodnight · Claude (Armstrong County), TX
Last change recorded 2026-10-04 · Last checked 2026-10-04
Latest: Six buildings operational (Epoch estimate) · Full build-out complete · 2027-10-01 (plan) · recorded 2026-10-04
Google campus developed by Crusoe near Claude: about 1 GW IT, expected operational in 2027. 525.5 MW of load (Crusoe Load 1, 265.5 MW; Load 2, 260 MW, transferred to Ensign in March 2026) is netted behind the 265.5 MW Goodnight I wind farm. The PUCT's 2026-07-23 order in Docket 59220, the first under Senate Bill 6, approved the arrangement but requires full 30-minute curtailment of the whole 525.5 MW in grid emergencies, which Crusoe is contesting. Crusoe also filed a TCEQ air permit for a 933 MW on-site gas plant without a Google offtake. · source ◐ secondary, confidence medium
Recorded readiness — 3 of 6 applicable milestones have a dated public record
Gate to first power — target 2027-12-31 (announced) · path: Hybrid: on-site bridge, then grid · each step must finish its lead time before the target
2 of 5 required steps have a public date. Red = recorded date past the rule-based deadline · grey "no public date" = required step without a record · green = on record in time · context steps never colour.
| Step | Must finish by | Others did it | Known date | Status | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permits in hand | 2027-12-28 (0 mo before) | 4 mo after (n=8) | 2026-03-01 | on record in time | TCEQ air permit filed for a 933 MW on-site gas plant (no Google offtake) · ○ | |
| Grid supply agreed | 2027-03-28 (9 mo before) | 7 mo before (n=11) | 2026-01-09 | on record in time | Net-metering application for Load 2 (260 MW) behind Goodnight Wind filed with the PUCT · ◐ | |
| New generation online | 2027-11-28 (1 mo before) | 12 mo after (n=1) | no public date | no public date · would need to be done by 2027-11-28 | No date on record | |
| Major equipment on site | 2027-06-28 (6 mo before) | 9 mo after (n=1) | no public date | no public date · would need to be done by 2027-06-28 | No date on record | |
| Construction started (context) | 2025-12-28 (24 mo before) | 29 mo before (n=15) | 2025-06-01 | context | Ground broken · ◐ | |
| Building ready for IT | 2027-12-28 (0 mo before) | 2 mo after (n=7) | no public date | no public date · would need to be done by 2027-12-28 | No date on record | |
| Full build-out complete (context) | 2028-12-28 (-12 mo before) | — | 2027-10-01 plan | context | Six buildings operational (Epoch estimate) · ◐ |
Lead-time assumptions
- Site secured 15 months before first power — Land under control and campus announced. Rarely binding; shown for context.
- Permits in hand 0 months before first power — Final air and siting permits. Operators often energize on standard or temporary authorisations and receive the major permit later; flagged only when the permit lands more than 6 months after first power or is missing for an on-site plant.
- Grid supply agreed 9 months before first power — Interconnection or large-load agreement approved. Observed median 7 months before first power; the physical works (substation, lines) run in parallel with construction.
- Substation and lines energized 2 months before first power — Utility delivery point live; final tests before the load is taken.
- New generation online 1 months before first power — Utility plant or on-site plant generating; needed just before energization when the grid cannot carry the load alone.
- Major equipment on site 6 months before first power — Turbines, transformers, switchgear delivered; installation and commissioning take the remaining months.
- Construction started 24 months before first power — Groundbreaking of the building that gives first power. Observed 4-26 months for recent AI campuses; Meta's redesigned campuses took 35-58.
- Building ready for IT 0 months before first power — First building ready for IT. 'Complete' or 'opened' is usually reported after first power; flagged only beyond 3 months.
- Full build-out complete -12 months before first power — All announced buildings operational. Comes after first power by design; context only.
- Water supply secured 12 months before first power — Water rights, municipal agreement or desalination contract in hand. Context only; one of the feasibility items.
- Financing closed 12 months before first power — Project financing, anchor lease or committed capital announced. Context only; not applicable when the owner is a hyperscaler building on its balance sheet.
Dated steps (from the sources; later dates are plans)
Power equipment (from permits, filings and reporting; blank cells were not disclosed)
| Category | Make / model | Units | MW | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gas turbine | — | — | 933 MW | permit pending | 2026-01-15 | TCEQ permit filed January 2026 for a 933 MW on-site gas plant; Google later agreed to acquire it (September 2026 reporting) · ◐ |
| wind | — | 2 × 265.5 MW | 531 MW | operating / under construction | 2026-12-31 | Goodnight I (operating) and II (under construction) wind farms netted against the load · ◐ |
Build-out timeline (Epoch AI; dated status notes with IT power; rows after today are estimates)
Recorded fact No public date for new generation online, major equipment on site, building ready for it.
Calculated requirement Major equipment on site must finish by 2027-06-28; no public date is on record for it. Under the current rule set the recorded dates plus their lead times give a first power no earlier than 2027-12-31 (on the target). This is a floor set by the record, not a forecast.
Sources (Epoch AI selection): Amended tax abatement agreement, with updated blueprints on p.46 · Original tax abatement agreement, with original blueprints and specs on the last page · TABS database, with "Llano" data centers in the city of Claude · Press release reports Google investing in a new data center in Armstrong County · Clean Air Act Initial Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit application.
Epoch AI, 'AI data centers', epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers (CC BY 4.0); coordinates from GeoNames cities500 (CC BY 4.0) and hand-entered places; overrides in tools/project_overrides.csv with their own sources. Campuses outside the Epoch dataset come from tools/campuses.csv (public reporting, source per row). Data retrieved 2026-10-05. Report a correction to contact@ailoadmap.com (campus id goodnight; include the row and a source link).