Hut 8 Beacon Point
AI data center campus · Nueces County, TX
Status Under construction · fully leased VERIFIED · MODERATE
Last checked against its sources Oct 3, 2026
The atlas adds the map, nearby response resources, infrastructure dependencies, hazards, and illustrative planning scenarios for this site.
Profile
Hut 8 is developing Beacon Point, an announced 525-acre AI data center campus near Robstown and Calallen in unincorporated Nueces County. The company reports an executed interconnection agreement for 1 GW of utility capacity, initial energization targeted for Q1 2027, and preliminary data hall delivery targeted for Q3 2027. VERIFIED · HIGH
Two 15-year, 352 MW IT leases with one undisclosed high-investment-grade tenant bring contracted IT capacity to 704 MW and campus base-term contract value to $19.6 billion (company disclosures, May and July 2026). VERIFIED · HIGH
A TDLR registration for 4650 FM 1694 lists a 657,130 ft² scope, an estimated cost of $399 million, and a September 2026 – November 2027 window. The company states the campus will use closed-loop cooling filled with water from outside Nueces County and that the design includes grid-support battery systems. VERIFIED · MODERATE
In September 2026, Nueces County Commissioner Mike Pusley wrote that Hut 8 and economic-development representatives had told him and the County Judge the facility would use a closed-loop water system supplied from another state, with city water only for normal office use. He also wrote that the county has no zoning authority over the site and that the project is primarily sponsored by the Corpus Christi Economic Development Corporation. These are secondhand accounts of verbal assurances, not company documents. VERIFIED · LOW
Key facts
- Utility capacity
- 1,000 MW announced
- VERIFIED · HIGH
- Campus footprint
- 525 acres announced
- VERIFIED · HIGH
- Phase 1 IT lease
- 352 MW
- VERIFIED · HIGH
- Filed building scope
- 657,130 ft²
- VERIFIED · MODERATE
- Scheduled completion
- November 2027
- VERIFIED · MODERATE
- Battery / UPS system
- Batteries in design · type UNKNOWN
- VERIFIED · MODERATE
VERIFIED values are stated by a cited source; DERIVED values are calculated from them; ESTIMATED values are approximations; UNKNOWN means no reliable public information, not absence. The map point is approximate and is not a parcel boundary.
Open questions
- UNKNOWN Battery chemistry, energy capacity, enclosure configuration, and UL 9540A test data
- UNKNOWN UPS configuration and backup generation (type, fuel, quantity)
- UNKNOWN First-due fire agency, fire-flow supply, and emergency access points
- UNKNOWN Substation / point of interconnection and transmission routing
- UNKNOWN Parcel boundary (only an approximate point is shown)
Changes (4)
- 2026-10-03 Project status Hut 8 Beacon Point: Corrected the stage to under construction: Hut 8's July release says construction had commenced. Previously: Under development · fully leased; PERMITTING. Source: Hut 8 Corp. (via PR Newswire).
- 2026-10-03 New information Hut 8 Beacon Point: Commissioner Pusley said the county declined to offer Hut 8 a tax abatement; no formal decision record was located. Source: Corpus Christi Caller-Times (republished by AOL).
- 2026-10-03 Correction Hut 8 Beacon Point: Hut 8's representative reported on-site backup generation for the project; installation, type, fuel, and capacity remain unknown. Previously: Backup generation (type, fuel, capacity) UNKNOWN. Source: KRIS 6 News.
- 2026-09-23 Added to the atlas Hut 8 Beacon Point: Added to the atlas.
Sources (14)
- Beacon Point | Hut 8
- Hut 8 Commercializes First Phase of 1 GW Beacon Point AI Data Center Campus with 15-Year, 352 MW IT Lease with Base-Term Contract Value of $9.8 Billion
- Hut 8 Fully Commercializes 1 GW Beacon Point AI Data Center Campus with Second 352 MW IT Lease, Bringing Campus-Level Base-Term Contract Value to $19.6 Billion
- Hut 8 Affirms Commitment to Responsible Data Center Development Following Directive from Texas Governor Greg Abbott
- NWS Corpus Christi Local Research: Wind Study
- Email from Commissioner Mike Pusley (Nueces County, Precinct 1) on Beacon Point water and county authority
- Texas Architectural Barriers (TABS) project registration: Beacon Point, 4650 FM 1694, Robstown
- Beacon Point moves ahead with no local oversight
- Data Center Operator to Begin Work on $399M Corpus Christi Campus
- Hut 8 Closes US$4.25 Billion Construction Financing for Beacon Point Data Center in Texas
- Nueces County address covers finances, data centers, 1914 courthouse
- DCRA manual location approximation
- Beacon Point AI: Massive data center planned for Nueces County
- Hut 8 says Beacon Point may be among 23 Texas projects cleared for review: Needham