Stargate Milam County (Project Freebird)
A hyperscale AI campus by SB Energy in Burlington (Milam County), TX, on the ERCOT grid. Status: under construction.
Grid and gas impact
At full buildout this campus is announced at 1,200 MW. After phasing to 2030 and weighting by build stage, the index expects about 576 MW running by 2030. That is about 0.6% of the ERCOT record peak of July 22, 2026 (91,089 MW).
At that level it would use about 3,784 GWh of electricity a year, roughly what 351,000 US homes use (EIA average of about 10,800 kWh per home), and add about 41.3 MMcf/d of natural gas burn on an average day, counting both on-site generation and the region's gas-fired power plants.
Its rating is driven by grid load: power is expected to come mostly from the utility grid, so the effect shows up in transmission, capacity and generation needs, and in the gas burned by the region's power plants. Rated 3 of 4 bolts. Solid bolts mean the campus is operating or under construction.
Research note. On-site supply type undisclosed.
Fact sheet
- Index ID
- DC-074
- Campus
- Stargate Milam County (Project Freebird)
- Developer / tenant
- SB Energy
- Segment
- Hyperscale AI
- Location
- Burlington (Milam County), TX
- State / province
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Metro
- Non-metro
- Grid region
- ERCOT
- Electric utility
- TBD
- Status
- Under construction (counts 80% toward 2030)
- Online / target
- Not disclosed
- Announced capacity
- 1,200 MW (Campus potential)
- Expected load by 2030
- 576 MW (index estimate)
- Annual energy at expected load
- about 3,784 GWh
- Power supply
- Not disclosed
- Added gas burn, average day
- 41.3 MMcf/d (index estimate)
- Impact rating
- (3 of 4; scale)
- Confidence
- C (One secondary source)
- Last reviewed
- November 3, 2026
Sources
- Upcoming largest data center projects in the United StatesBlackridge Research · accessed Oct 2026Secondary
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How to cite
Data Center Index (datacenterindex.info), Discovery Energy. "Stargate Milam County (Project Freebird)" (DC-074), https://datacenterindex.info/campuses/dc-074-stargate-milam-county-project-freebird/, updated November 3, 2026.