Mining Facilities
Childress County, Texas, USA Operational
Location | Childress County, Texas (USA) |
Land | 100% freehold |
Status | Operational / Under Construction |
Power Capacity | 20MW initial operations 600MW when fully operational |
Miner Capacity | ~6,500 (initial 20MW development) |
Connectivity | Dual physical fiber paths |
Employment | 56 direct full-time jobs when fully operational |
Childress will be Stalwartvest’s fourth operating site and is located in Childress County, Texas (population 7000) approximately 250 miles northwest of Dallas & close proximity to the multiple wind and solar generating facilities that have been established in the region.
Once fully operational, the site will consist of 30 proprietary data center buildings, each approximately 500 feet long. The site is directly connected to the ERCOT electricity grid via a 345kV transmission connection located on the 420-acres of freehold land owned by Stalwartvest. The connection has the capacity to deliver 600MW of electricity to the site. Infrastructure such as (high wind rated design) warehousing, 3 phase power, town water and access roads have also been established in the first phase of development to support operations and the future development phases.
The 600MW proprietary data centers (when fully operational) are expected to support approximately ~ 56 direct full-time local jobs in Childress County.
The initial 20MW proprietary data center has capacity for ~6,500 Bitmain S19j Pro miners.
The facility will generate long-term revenue streams for Childress County and the local community over the multi-decade expected life of the business. Stalwartvest has committed to hiring & purchasing locally and contracting with local businesses where it is possible and makes sense to do so. Construction peaked at just over 100 contracting work force contributing significant economic benefits to local businesses.
The site is strategically placed in the West Texas Load Zone with access to low-cost excess renewable energy.
The region has approximately 32GW of renewable energy installed with a further 11GW planned, however only approximately 18.5GW of nameplate transmission line capacity to export this renewable power to major load centers (such as Dallas and Houston) and due to technical constraints these lines can often only operate at approximately 12GW of effective transmission capacity.
This constraint currently results in wind and solar farms often being curtailed (or temporarily turned-off) at times of high renewable energy generation due to a lack of local load.
Stalwartvest’s Childress operation will support existing renewable energy generation and further build out of renewable generation by establishing a flexible load in the West Texas Load Zone. which is able to operate during low-cost power during periods of oversupply (e.g. excess intermittent renewable energy) and then reduce electrical consumption during certain high price time periods when the market is in undersupply (e.g. solar/wind output is insufficient or during an extreme weather event).