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Cipher Black Pearl LLC Data Center

Cipher's Winkler County site at Wink, leased to Amazon on the longest and largest single agreement in this batch.

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What the record establishes

Gross capacity
300 MW[2]
Critical IT load
216 MW[2]
Lease value
$5.5 billion[2]
Amazon cost overrun threshold per IT megawatt
$9.5 million[2]
Location
Wink, Winkler County[2]
Initial Amazon lease term
15 years[2]
Amazon extension options
3 options[2]
Length of each Amazon extension option
5 years[2]
First certification, occupant Cipher Black Pearl LLC
Certified for the owner's own use[1]as of February 15th, 2024
Second certification, occupant Amazon Data Services
Re-certified with a hyperscaler as occupant[1]as of January 23rd, 2026

What changes the reading

  • The agreement puts construction cost overruns above a stated threshold per megawatt on Amazon rather than on the landlord, which is unusual enough to be worth noting.[2]
  • This facility holds two rows in the state registry rather than one. The earlier carries Cipher itself as occupant and the later carries Amazon. Both are live certifications as read, so the pair shows two exemptions running under one facility name rather than a dated handover. The move from mining to hosting here is established by the Amazon lease, not by the rows.[1][2]January 23rd, 2026

Still not public

  • Square footage, acreage and cooling design are not public.
  • Energization timeline is not public.
  • Primary filing was not read directly for this entry, so the figures here carry trade press rung.
  • Whether the two certifications cover the same building or separate phases is not stated.
  • Whether the earlier certification still covers active mining is not public.

Source trail

  1. Data Center ListsTexas Comptroller of Public AccountsfilingRead August 21st, 2026.
  2. Cipher Digital raises junk bonds to build another Amazon data centre in TexasThe Next Webtrade pressRead August 21st, 2026.

The registry entry for this facility comes from the Texas Comptroller's certified list of data centers holding a sales tax exemption. Owner, occupant and operator are roles in that filing rather than descriptions of who runs the building.