Center Registry · Texas

Black Pearl

Cipher Mining · Wink, Winkler County, Texas

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216 MW
Critical IT planned
18 MW
Energized today
2026-08
First power
ERCOT
Grid region · location approximate
In brief

What makes it notable.

  1. A turnkey shell in Wink, Texas, where the owner supplies space and power and the tenant runs its own stack, with up to 300 MW of ERCOT interconnection approved.
  2. The plan is 300 MW gross and 216 MW critical. First capacity was delivered in August 2026, two months early, and 18 MW of critical IT had been delivered by November 2026.
  3. An updated phased delivery schedule was agreed in October 2026, with construction status reported as of September 30, 2026. Later phase dates are not disclosed.
Deal anatomy

Six layers, and who holds each.

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Power
ERCOT
Site and build
EPC / cooling integrator undisclosed
Compute
Undisclosed (AWS tenant-supplied)
Cloud operator
Cipher Mining
Anchor tenant
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Capital
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Timeline

From here to full build.

  1. 2026-08First powerfirst capacity delivered two months early; rent commenced
  2. Nov 2026Today
  3. Updated phased schedule agreed with AWSFull buildoutOct 2026); dates not disclosed
The detail

Each party's role.

Power

ERCOT. Grid interconnection, up to 300 MW approved

Site and build

EPC / cooling integrator undisclosed. Lease specifies both air and liquid cooling to the racks; retrofit of a prior mining building for AI/HPC, contractor not disclosed inferred

Compute

Undisclosed (AWS tenant-supplied). AWS-supplied; maybe Trainium, not NVIDIA inferred

Cloud operator

Cipher Mining. Owner/operator of the turnkey shell (space and power); AWS runs its own stack

Related sites

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