Marathon Digital is buying up Texas real estate like it’s playing a very expensive game of Monopoly. The Bitcoin mining giant plans to acquire 1,200 acres in the Lone Star State to build out a 1GW data center campus, with ambitions to scale that footprint to 2GW by 2028.
Marathon’s Texas empire takes shape
In November 2025, the company signed a letter of intent with MPLX to develop integrated power generation and data center facilities in West Texas. That deal started at 400MW of capacity with room to grow to 1.5GW.
Then in February 2026, Marathon announced a joint venture with Starwood Capital Group targeting approximately 1GW of near-term IT capacity. The long-term goal for that partnership is even more aggressive: scaling to over 2.5GW.
Back in April 2024, the company dropped $87.3 million on a 200MW Bitcoin mining data center in Garden City. In December 2024, it acquired a 114MW wind farm in Hansford County to power behind-the-meter mining operations.
