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title: "Stargate Shackelford / Frontier (Vantage Data Centers; Oracle; OpenAI tenant), Shackelford County, Texas, US — campus ledger — The AI Compute Race — DRYBURGH · The Compute Economy"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-shackelford-frontier
description: "Stargate Shackelford / Frontier: not yet due. 0 MW evidenced of 1,400 MW announced or estimated, end of August 2026 reading; operations promised by 31…"
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# Stargate Shackelford / Frontier (Vantage Data Centers; Oracle; OpenAI tenant), Shackelford County, Texas, US

Vantage Data Centers; Oracle; OpenAI tenant

Stargate Shackelford / Frontier (Vantage Data Centers, Oracle and OpenAI tenant; Shackelford County, Texas, US) was promised operations by 31 December 2026; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load against 1,400 MW announced or estimated. The book’s verdict: not yet due.

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Announced or estimated (IT load) 1,400 MW

Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026 0 MW

The book’s verdict Not yet due

The ledger’s reading is the end of August 2026: the promises and the states as they stood then. Each row’s evidence carries its own date, printed on it.

The promise and the record, on one line. The book’s verdict: **Not yet due**.

- Evidence read 28 August 2026
- Today Nov 2026
- Promised 31 December 2026

**0 MW** evidenced at the end-of-August 2026 reading, of 1,400 MW announced or estimated (0%).

## The announcement

**Announced or estimated capacity (IT load):** 1,400 MW

**Where the announcement was read:** [vantage-dc.com](https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-unveils-plans-for-frontier-a-25b-mega-campus-in-texas-to-meet-unprecedented-ai-demand/)

**When it was read:** 19 August 2025

## The promise

**Promised by:** 31 December 2026

**What was promised:** operations

**Where the promise was read:** [vantage-dc.com](https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-unveils-plans-for-frontier-a-25b-mega-campus-in-texas-to-meet-unprecedented-ai-demand/)

## At the close of the record

**Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026:** 0 MW

**Where the evidence was read:** [epoch.ai](https://epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers/directory/openai-stargate-shackelford)

**When it was read:** 28 August 2026

**The book’s verdict:** Not yet due

## The book’s note

First building promised for H2 2026 (August 2026 compilation’s table of promised dates row 33; the August 2026 compilation). Epoch estimates the first building at about 15 Aug 2027. 1,400 MW is Vantage’s critical-IT figure.

## Also

**Who is involved:**

- developer [Vantage Data Centers](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/vantage-data-centers)
- operator [Oracle](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/oracle)
- tenant [OpenAI](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/openai)

## The dated tests that name it

- [Chapter 7, the frontier’s deployment](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2027-15) due 31 December 2027
- [Chapters 1 and 12, the first route](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2028-1) due 31 August 2028
- [Chapters 1 and 12, the second route](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2028-2) due 31 August 2028
- [Chapters 1 and 12, the wager](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2028-3) due 31 August 2028
- [Chapter 2, compute moved rather than stopped](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2029-1) due 31 March 2029

## Campuses near it in the ledger

- [Stargate Abilene](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-abilene) Texas, US · shares 2 parties
- [Stargate Milam County](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-milam-county) Texas, US · shares a party
- [Helios](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/helios) Texas, US
- [Project Matador / HyperGrid](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/project-matador-hypergrid) Texas, US
- [Stargate Port Washington / Lighthouse](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-port-washington-lighthouse) shares 3 parties
- [Stargate Doña Ana / Project Jupiter](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-dona-ana-project-jupiter) shares 2 parties

## Questions about this campus

**Is Stargate Shackelford / Frontier energized?:** Stargate Shackelford / Frontier (Vantage Data Centers, Oracle and OpenAI tenant; Shackelford County, Texas, US) was promised operations by 31 December 2026; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load against 1,400 MW announced or estimated. The book’s verdict: not yet due.

**When was Stargate Shackelford / Frontier promised to be energized?:** Stargate Shackelford / Frontier was promised operations by 31 December 2026.

**Who is building Stargate Shackelford / Frontier?:** Vantage Data Centers (developer), Oracle (operator), OpenAI (tenant).

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- [Consent](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/consent)
- [Who builds and pays](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties)

*The AI Compute Race: Five Races, One Machine* is a book by Lee S. Dryburgh, the first volume of THE COMPUTE ECONOMY, published by Dryburgh, an imprint of Contestra OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia; its record closes on 8 November 2026.

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