What’s Driving CleanSpark’s Move Into Texas Data Centres?

CleanSpark, Inc, one of the largest Bitcoin companies in America, has announced the acquisition of around 271 acres of land in Houston, Austin Texas and extended power supply agreements of 285 megawatts to support the development of an AI data centre.

The news comes after CleanSpark identified Georgia as a key expansion region. The state is a strategic region for CleanSpark with the area providing existing AI-ready infrastructure, enabling the development of existing mining/data centre assets and growth.

Scott Garrison, Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice President at CleanSpark, says: “We have been reviewing the entire portfolio from first principals to evaluate AI suitability and have identified Georgia as a strategic region for both potential conversion as well as expansion.”

Much like Georgia, Houston and Austin offer both strong energy and connectivity advantages like generous power supply, natural gas pipeline access, fibre backbone connectivity and favourable policy. 

Together, these markets create a balanced foundation for CleanSpark’s infrastructure-first strategy, combining immediate operational efficiency in Georgia with forward-looking expansion potential.

Growing beyond Bitcoin

The site offers CleanSpark with a strongly positioned platform to highlight its diversification beyond bitcoin mining into high performance compute (HPC). This move marks a key milestone in the company’s ongoing strategy. 

CleanSpark follows a vertically integrated, infrastructure-first strategy that utilises its power and land assets to create long-term value.

Matt Schultz, CEO and Chairman, says: “This acquisition marks a major milestone in CleanSpark's strategic business evolution.

“Securing power and land at this scale in one of the nation's most attractive markets positions us to meet the accelerating demand for AI compute while continuing to deliver long-term value for our shareholders. We continue to lead in bitcoin mining, are actively reviewing AI conversion opportunities across our existing portfolio and have now entered the Texas market with a site purpose-acquired for an AI campus.”

Houston-Austin corridor

The Houston-Austin corridor has become one of the most attractive regions within the US for AI data centres due to its ample power, dense fibre connectivity and a pro-development regulatory environment ideal for large-scale, next-gen data centres.

The dual-market presence with Georgia allows operators like CleanSpark to optimise both operational efficiency and strategic growth, combining mature assets with advanced growth development opportunities.

Jeffrey Thomas, Senior Vice President of AI Data Centers, says: “The Houston market is emerging as a premier destination for next-generation data centre development. This acquisition provides CleanSpark with the footprint and power capacity needed to deliver large-scale, high-density compute solutions to global technology partners. CleanSpark is developing high-velocity compute deployment capabilities ideally suited for monetising this type of capacity.”

Working towards 2027

CleanSpark has already begun work on the site’s substation with a key long-lead equipment secured. 

The company aims to begin the full site design and construction as soon as possible. It will be developing the project in phases to support the future AI workloads and broader digital infrastructure. Over 200MW of capacity is anticipated within the first six months of 2027.