Aligned's Project Caprock LBB-01 Data Center Enters Service

Construction research — October 24, 2026

Aligned’s April 2026 groundbreaking release establishes the Caprock first-building build stage before LBB-01’s targeted Q1 2027 service. In Progress does not complete the remaining five facilities or the whole 540MW campus. The US$5bn figure is regional economic investment across the development, not an exact LBB-01 building budget. Native cost remains null; March 31 is an estimated quarter-end anchor.

• Aligned Breaks Ground on Project Caprock: with an anticipated service date of Q1 2027.^[1]

Earlier pin evidence

• Aligned Data Centers announced on 9 April 2026 that it was breaking ground on Project Caprock, a 540 MW, 313-acre campus in Hale County just outside Abernathy, Texas, with LBB-01, the first building, anticipated in service in Q1 2027.^[1][4]
• The campus will total 1.65 million square feet across six facilities and is projected to bring about $5 billion of regional investment.^[1][4]
• Cooling uses Aligned's DeltaFlow liquid-cooling technology with air-cooled heat rejection and a closed water loop, which the company says protects the Ogallala Aquifer and avoids competing with farms and homes for water.^[1][4]
• Aligned will build and fund dedicated electrical infrastructure, working with Xcel Energy on grid reliability.^[1]
• The company also plans Aligned Academy workforce programmes with local schools and expects permanent technology jobs and long-term commercial tax revenue.^[1][4]
• CEO Andrew Schaap said the expansion into Northwest Texas shows Aligned can meet customers' capacity demand while meeting community demands.^[1]