Where is Barstow Nscale 001?

Barstow, United States, in the Permian Basin (Pecos/Barstow) market.

Barstow Nscale 001 — 240 MW under construction

Name: Barstow Nscale 001
Address: Barstow, United States

Project tracker

240 MW under construction

Construction figure, unverified: no source on record has been checked against a second.

240 MW under construction in the Permian Basin (Pecos/Barstow) market, which has 360 MW of total potential at full buildout and none of it live yet.

The market today · Permian Basin (Pecos/Barstow)

Under construction: 240 MW
Planned: 120 MW
Total potential: 360 MW

Timeline

14 October 2025Announcement
Barstow Nscale 001 — announced
AUSTIN, Texas – October 14, 2025
Source: ionicdigital.com
15 October 2025Announcement
Barstow Nscale 001 — announced
Nscale will deliver approximately 104,000 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs in a ~240MW hyperscale AI campus in Texas, supporting the phased delivery of NVIDIA AI infrastructure services to Microsoft from Q3 2026. The site is leased from Ionic Digital, and Nscale plans to scale its footprint to 1.2GW over time, with Microsoft holding an option on a second phase of 700MW starting in late 2027.
Source: nscale.com

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Coordinates

Position

31.46, -103.39

Location precision

Approximate

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