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The load went to the wind. An AI data center plan beside Briscoe Wind
Soluna and Applied Digital plan a joint AI data center on land across the road from the Briscoe Wind Farm's substation. Closing waits on a Briscoe County tax abatement.
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Soluna Holdings announced on October 21st, 2026 a definitive agreement to form a jointly owned company with Applied Digital. That company is to develop a planned 50 MW critical IT data center for AI and high performance computing. The site is Project Dorothy 3, Soluna's development site near Silverton in Briscoe County. Soluna says Applied is expected to hold 51% of the company after closing and Soluna the remaining 49%.
Closing depends on conditions that include approval of a tax abatement for the project in Briscoe County. Soluna expects the transactions to close by the end of the calendar year. The deal is a company's account of its own plan. No county action on the abatement is part of the record here.
A load built beside its generator
Soluna describes Briscoe Wind as a 150 MW wind farm in Briscoe County and Dorothy 3 as a planned AI data center beside it. It describes the existing Project Dorothy campus as 100 MW, built behind the meter at the same wind farm, which it says it acquired in April. In its September release it said the two Dorothy sites already running account for 98 MW of energized capacity.
Soluna's chief executive, John Belizaire, said the company was built "to bring load to the generation" so the power would be ready when demand arrived. He said the constraint in AI is energy access rather than chips. Behind the meter means the campus draws on the wind farm's own output before that power reaches the grid's wires.
The land and the plan
Soluna announced on August 24th, 2026 that it had closed the purchase of 397 acres in Briscoe County. It says the land will host Dorothy 3, which it describes as a planned campus with potential capacity of up to 300 MW. The company says the wind farm's substation sits directly across from the property, which it says positions Dorothy 3 for behind the meter access to generation it owns outright.
Soluna says the 397 acres exceed the 300 acres it first identified for the campus. It says the extra land leaves room for more data halls if further generation or storage becomes available. The first phase of Dorothy 3 is the 50 MW in the new deal. Soluna expects it to draw power from both Briscoe Wind and the grid, subject to definitive documentation. The release does not say how that load would be split between the two.
What is signed and what is not
ChronoScale, a publicly traded company majority owned by Applied, has signed a non-binding letter of intent to lease the planned facility. Soluna states there is no assurance a definitive lease will be signed on those terms or at all. So the record holds a definitive agreement to form the company, a non-binding intent to lease and a condition still open in the county.
The Public Notices page on the Briscoe County website lists a document titled Tax Abatement Guidelines and Criteria beside its Commissioners Court agendas. Soluna names approval of the abatement as a condition of closing. The release does not say which county body would vote or when, and no agenda item for this project was found in the material checked for this account.
Sources for this story
- Soluna Agrees to Form Strategic Partnership with Applied Digital to Develop Wind-Powered AI Data Center in Texas
- Soluna Secures Conditional Base Load Position for Project Dorothy's 100 MW in ERCOT Batch Zero
- Soluna Closes Purchase of 397 Acres for Project Dorothy
- Briscoe County Texas, Public Notices & News
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Soluna Holdings announced on October 21st, 2026 that it had entered a definitive agreement to form a jointly owned company with Applied Digital Corporation.
today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) to form a jointly owned company (the “Project Company”) with Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: APLD)
The joint company is to develop a planned 50 MW critical IT data center for AI and HPC at Project Dorothy 3. Soluna describes the site as near Silverton in Briscoe County.
to develop a planned 50 MW critical IT data center for AI and HPC (the “Project”) at Project Dorothy 3, Soluna’s development site near Silverton (Briscoe County) Texas
Soluna says that after closing Applied is expected to hold a 51% interest in the joint company and Soluna the remaining 49%.
Applied is expected to hold a 51% interest in the Project Company, and Soluna is expected to hold the remaining 49% interest
Closing depends on conditions that include approval of a tax abatement for the project in Briscoe County.
subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent, including the approval of a tax abatement for the Project in Briscoe County, Texas
Soluna expects the transactions to close by the end of the calendar year.
The transactions are expected to close by the end of the calendar year.
Soluna describes Briscoe Wind as a 150 MW wind farm in Briscoe County. Dorothy 3 is planned as an AI data center beside it.
Dorothy 3 is a planned AI data center co-located with Briscoe Wind, a 150 MW wind farm in Briscoe County, Texas
Phase 1 of Dorothy 3 is the 50 MW critical IT phase. Soluna expects it to draw power from both Briscoe Wind and the grid, subject to definitive documentation.
Subject to definitive documentation, Phase 1 of Dorothy 3 (50 MW Critical IT) is expected to draw power from both Briscoe Wind and the grid.
ChronoScale Holdings is majority owned by Applied. It has signed a non-binding letter of intent to lease the planned facility.
a publicly-traded company majority-owned by Applied (“ChronoScale”), has signed a non-binding letter of intent to lease the planned facility
Soluna states there is no assurance that a definitive lease with ChronoScale will be signed on the terms of the letter of intent or at all.
there can be no assurance that a definitive lease will be entered into on the terms contemplated by the letter of intent, or at all
Soluna CEO John Belizaire said the company was built to bring load to the generation so the power would be ready when demand arrived.
We built Soluna to bring load to the generation, so the power would be ready when the demand arrived.
Belizaire said the constraint in AI is energy access rather than chips.
We have said for a long time that the constraint in AI is energy access, not chips
Soluna describes Project Dorothy as a 100 MW wind-powered campus built behind the meter at the 150 MW Briscoe Wind Farm. Soluna says it acquired the wind farm in April 2026.
Project Dorothy is a 100 MW wind-powered campus in Briscoe County, Texas, built behind the meter at the 150 MW Briscoe Wind Farm, which Soluna acquired in April 2026.
In its September 14th, 2026 release Soluna said Dorothy 1 and Dorothy 2 have 98 MW of energized capacity.
Dorothy 1 and Dorothy 2 account for 98 MW of energized capacity.
Soluna calls Dorothy 3 the 300 MW next phase of the campus and says it is designed for AI and high performance computing.
Project Dorothy 3, the 300 MW next phase on the campus, is designed for AI and high-performance computing.
Soluna says ERCOT conditionally classified the 100 MW Project Dorothy campus as Base Load in Batch Zero.
ERCOT has conditionally classified its 100 MW Project Dorothy campus as Base Load in Batch Zero
Soluna says the classification is conditional until ERCOT completes its verification process. ERCOT may remove a project from Batch Zero if the applicant does not respond to its information requests.
The classification is conditional pending completion of ERCOT’s ongoing verification process, under which ERCOT may remove a project from Batch Zero if the applicant does not respond to its information requests.
Soluna says a further request for 50 MW at the Dorothy campus is already under study.
An additional 50 MW request at the campus is already under study
Soluna announced on August 24th, 2026 that it had closed the purchase of 397 acres in Briscoe County.
today announced it has closed the purchase of 397 acres in Briscoe County, Texas
Soluna says the land will host Dorothy 3, a planned AI campus with potential capacity of up to 300 MW.
The land will host Project Dorothy 3, Soluna’s planned renewable-first AI computing campus with a potential capacity of up to 300 MW.
Soluna says the wind farm substation sits directly across from the property. The company says this positions Dorothy 3 for direct behind-the-meter access to generation it owns outright.
The Briscoe Wind Farm’s Substation sits directly across from the acquired property, positioning Dorothy 3 for direct, behind-the-meter access to generation the Company owns outright.
Soluna says the 397 acres exceed the 300 acres it first identified for the campus. The extra land leaves room for more data halls if further generation or storage becomes available.
The 397 acres exceed the 300 acres Soluna originally identified for the campus. The additional land gives the Company room to add data halls should further generation or storage capacity become available at the site.
The Public Notices page on the Briscoe County website lists a document titled Tax Abatement Guidelines and Criteria beside its Commissioners Court agendas.
TAX ABATEMENT - GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA