Taylor County Announces $2.4 Billion Partnership With Major Energy Company

ABILENE, TX –– On Tuesday, the Taylor County Commissioners and City of Abilene announced a billion-dollar partnership with Lancium, a Houston based energy technology and infrastructure company.

According to the announcement, Lancium will build a renewable energy power data center campus that will create a capital investment of $2.4 billion over the next 20 years. The project has been dubbed Project Artemis.

The Clean Commute Campus will contain 100,000 square feet of industrial electrical services equipment and data servers, and play host to Bitcoin mining and other energy-intensive applications.

“We are proud to be at the forefront of this movement that will utilize and revitalize 800 acres of land,” said Taylor County Judge Downing Bolls. “This partnership is historic with Lancium’s projected investment of approximately $2.4 billion in improvements to real property in the County.”

Project Artemis will begin generating 200 megawatts and eventually expand to 1 gigawatt. The project will allow the region to become a major provider of renewable energy.

“We are very proud to be part of the community and build one of our flagship Clean Campuses in Abilene,” said Michael McNamara, Co-founder, and CEO of Lancium. “We chose Abilene for our second Clean Campus because of its ideal location, proximity to abundant wind and solar generation, high-quality workforce, and the opportunities to grow in the future. We want to thank the city, county, and all of the members of the economic development team that worked together to help make this significant milestone possible.”