Chief Facility
Project of Cipher Mining
Where it stands
The Chief Facility near Andrews, Texas was a WindHQ joint venture in which Cipher held 49% through Chief Mountain LLC. It was completed at 10 MW in October 2022 and expanded to 40 MW in 2024. On February 19, 2026, Cipher sold its 49% interests in the WindHQ JV sites, including Chief, to Canaan U.S. Inc.; the 40 MW figure is the facility's last reported size, not a current Cipher-operated capacity.
40 MW in service
| Phase | MW | Status | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial build | 10 | operational | 2022-10-01 | The Chief Facility is a 10 MW data center that is connected to the local electrical grid. It was completed in October 2022 2023-03-13 View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗ |
| 2024 expansion | 30 | operational | 2024-12-31 | The Chief Facility was expanded from 10 MW to 40 MW in 2024. It is capable of hashing at a rate of up to approximately 1.6 EH/s. 2025-02-24 View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗ |
Assessed October 18, 2026 from the newest filings, releases and reporting that name this project (newest relied on: February 23, 2026).
Capacity
What has actually been delivered, against what has been promised. Each figure links to the statement it came from.
| Stage | Capacity | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energized power flowing today | 40 MW | 2025-02-24 | Chief Facility capacity |
| Contracted a customer is on the hook | -- | ||
| Under construction | -- | ||
| Permitted | -- | ||
| Interconnect approved utility has agreed to deliver | -- | ||
| Interconnect requested in a queue, nothing approved | -- | ||
| Announced a press-release figure | 135 MW | 2023-03-13 | Chief expansion potential |
Who has claimed this site
Capacity commitments in the order they were announced. A commitment that ended shows why.
Claims about this project
Site intelligence
How we located this site
- Initial geocode 2026-09-05
Andrews County County, TX → town/county centre, 4 km box -- not the site - Nearest substation (earlier method) 2026-09-05
re-centred on the nearest high-voltage substation (superseded method) - Starting point (the project's stated locality) 2026-10-19
near Andrews, Texas → 32.31872, -102.54572 (locality) - Rejected facts that point elsewhere 2026-10-19
1 fact(s) rejected
16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, DE 19958 (2563.9 km away) - No site-level evidence yet 2026-10-19
no address, road, landmark or coordinates tie this project to a specific parcel yet -- the town is shown, NOT the site - OpenStreetMap features nearby 2026-10-19
0 named match(es)
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