# Fort Bliss Hyperscale Data Center **Entity class:** Proposed commercial hyperscale data-center project on Army land ## Definition The **Fort Bliss Hyperscale Data Center** is a separate proposed commercial data-center campus on approximately 1,384 acres of Fort Bliss land. In March 2026 the Army conditionally selected [[wiki/Carlyle Group|Carlyle]] for exclusive negotiations to finance, construct, operate, maintain, and decommission the facility through an [[wiki/Enhanced Use Lease|Enhanced Use Lease]]. The agreement was conditional, not a final operating contract. Army reporting anticipated initial operating capability in fiscal year 2027. Public discussion of capacity ranging from roughly 100 MW toward a potential 3 GW describes a possible scale, while final power, water, tenancy, classification, and mission architecture remained unresolved in the reviewed record. ## Relationships - **landowner and sponsor:** [[wiki/United States Army|United States Army]] through the [[wiki/Army Data Center Enhanced Use Lease Program|Army Data Center EUL Program]]. - **conditional developer:** [[wiki/Carlyle Group|Carlyle Group]]. - **policy context:** [[wiki/Executive Order 14318|Executive Order 14318]]. - **regional but legally distinct neighbor:** [[wiki/Meta El Paso Data Center|Meta El Paso Data Center]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Army — hyperscale data-center conditional agreements, March 26, 2026](https://www.army.mil/article/291360/army_reaches_conditional_agreement_with_private_industry_for_hyperscaled_data_centers) - [Texas Tribune — Fort Bliss power and water questions, April 30, 2026](https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/30/el-paso-fort-bliss-data-center-water-electricity/)