Skybox Pushes Wichita Falls Data-Center Groundbreaking Into 2027
The developer now expects a first-quarter 2027 start as state review continues, while its campus plans still call for a substantial construction workforce and up to 2 million square feet of data-center space.
Skybox’s planned Wichita Falls campus is now expected to break ground in the first quarter of 2027, shifting the anticipated start beyond the end of this year. The revised timing emerged during the company’s October 6 update to City Council as statewide review of data-center projects continues.
The developer remains committed to the project. The update changes the expected start date; it does not announce a cancellation or confirm that construction has begun. For companies following the North Texas pipeline, it is a reminder that land control and a marketed campus can precede permission to execute a construction schedule.
Project at a Glance
- Revised groundbreaking target:
- Q1 2027
- Previous expectation:
- By the end of 2026
- Advertised campus capacity:
- Up to 2 million SF
- Stage:
- Development and state review
What Skybox is proposing
Skybox’s own project material describes PowerCampus Texas as a grid-connected development with Blue Owl, advertising more than 300 acres and up to 2 million square feet of data-center space. Its PowerCampus offering includes private onsite substations intended for large electricity users. Those marketing parameters describe planned capacity, not completed buildings or an operating load.
At the council update, the company described a possible six-to-ten-building campus, with an estimated 2,000–3,000 construction workers and 300–500 permanent jobs. Those are forecasts for the development, rather than evidence of today’s employment or a confirmed building-by-building delivery order.
Why the regulatory sequence matters
ERCOT’s large-load integration material requires project verification and technical information from load entities and the utilities connecting them. That process provides context for the delay, but the published material reviewed here does not establish this campus’s individual approval status.
TCH’s assessment is that the next useful announcement would connect the revised start target to a specific enabling milestone: completed review, a utility agreement or a dated construction notice. Repeating the campus’s ultimate scale without those steps would give suppliers little guidance on when work can actually move.
Local work remains an intention, not an award list
Skybox told the council it wants qualified local firms and workers involved wherever possible. No complete general-contractor or trade-award roster was established in the update. An intention to procure locally should not be described as an open bid invitation or a guaranteed allocation of work.
For Wichita Falls, the revised timetable leaves the same practical questions: how the initial phase will be powered, what infrastructure must precede buildings and when the first packages will be released. Those answers will determine the near-term opportunity more directly than the ultimate campus size.