Under construction
Anthropic Barber Lake
Cipher Mining · Colorado City, United States
Anthropic Barber Lake is a under construction data center project in Colorado City, United States. This record brings together its location, estimated IT capacity, construction timeline, water-disclosure gaps and original sources.
Epoch AI · Checked 2026-09-15 · Owner confidence: confident
AI data center listed by Epoch AI.
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0 MW
Source observation: 2026-07-30
Site water use
Not yet verified
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Project timeline
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Building 1 shell is complete, with rooftop units installed, and most air-cooled chillers in place in a ground yard to the north. Most of the 120 backup diesel generators are also in place. Substantial progress since Nov 2025, still under construction and not yet energized.
Foundations of Building 1 are visible.
Site grading and civil works begin.
Location
Colorado City, United States — street address not verified
View the surrounding area ↗Sources & further reading
- Epoch AI — dataset and methodology ↗
- Cipher signs 168 MW AI hosting deal with Fluidstack, Google backs it (Sep 2025) ↗
- Cipher adds 56 MW gross to reach 300 MW at Barber Lake (Nov 2025) ↗
- Cipher 8-K exhibit: 207 MW total critical IT load (SEC, Nov 2025) ↗
- Anthropic to expand use of Google Cloud TPUs (Oct 2025) ↗
- Anthropic $50B US AI infrastructure with Fluidstack (Nov 2025) ↗
- DCD: Cipher secures Fluidstack as customer, Google as investor ↗
- Air quality permit listing 60 x 3 MW plus 60 x 3.1MW backup generators ↗
Dataset attribution: Epoch AI, CC BY.
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Where is Anthropic Barber Lake?
Anthropic Barber Lake is listed in Colorado City, United States. A street address has not been verified for this record.
How much power does Anthropic Barber Lake use?
The latest source-backed estimate in this atlas is 0 MW of operating IT capacity, observed for 2026-07-30. This is an estimate of computing capacity, not metered annual electricity consumption.
How much water does Anthropic Barber Lake use?
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