Data center profile · Matagorda County, Texas

MARA Matagorda

Data center campus proposed by MARA Holdings in Matagorda County, Texas, on grid power; about 1.6 GW of IT capacity planned.

Announced. No local approval or permit is on record yet. A utility power agreement or capacity reservation is on record, but no signed service agreement yet. Newest record Sept. 2026.
The campus, Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 17, 2026
2,000 MW
utility load on file
facility power, not split into IT capacity
1,200
acres in the site
2029+
first building in service, our estimate
no dated power path yet; company says 2027
OperatorMARA Holdings
CustomerNone named
Planned IT capacity1.6 GW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet); company says 2027.
The site

The site from above

Satellite overview
Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 17, 2026.
Power

Power and the grid

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. July 9, 2026
    Utility MW on record
Permits

Permits checklist

5 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.

Money

Money on record

$600M Acquisition (Closed). News report · Sept. 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. July 2, 2026
    Money Acquisition on record ($600M). News report · Sept. 2026
  2. July 9, 2026
    Site MARA's stated plan for the site is flexible compute: high-performance computing and AI workloads alongside bitcoin mining. News report · July 2026
Construction activity

Since Oct. 2026: 1 satellite capture. Satellite · Oct. 2026

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers
  • MARA Holdings, owner
Power and utilities
  • MAT 1177, utility
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

16 records from 5 documents

Drawn from news reports, satellite captures and company statements, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 3Satellite 1Company 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (3)
  • Announced: July 9, 2026
    “today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which MARA will acquire from HIF a large-scale powered land site in Matagorda County, Texas”
    Company · July 2026 · grade A
  • Campus name: MARA Matagorda County campus (MAT 1177)
    “making MAT 1177 LLC an indirect subsidiary holding Texas land and rights to 2,000 megawatts of power for a planned data center project”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Utility service: 2,000 MW
    “holding Texas land and rights to 2,000 megawatts of power for a planned data center project”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (3)
  • acquisition: closed 600000000 USD
    “On September 21, 2026, the parties amended the purchase agreement, with Buyer posting a $100 million security deposit with the electric utility”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • power rights (utility letter agreement): executed
    “holding Texas land and rights to 2,000 megawatts of power for a planned data center project”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • MARA's stated plan for the site is flexible compute: high-performance computing and AI workloads alongside bitcoin mining, with a third-party data-center lease contemplated in the amended purchase agreement. This establi
    “The company said it intends to develop the site for high-performance computing and bitcoin mining workloads”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
Site and other (3)
  • Project status: announced
    “MARA targets an initial 1 gigawatt of capacity by October 2027, with total capacity rising to 2 gigawatts by April 2028, subject to ERCOT approval”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Site acreage: 1200 acres
    “The deal gives MARA access to a site spanning more than 1,200 acres in Matagorda County, Texas”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • County code: 48313
    “a site spanning more than 1,200 acres in Matagorda County, Texas”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus).