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Soluna files for 112MW Kati II data center in Willacy, Texas

The Texas filing estimates $471.8 million for a single 471,884 sq ft building and gives no construction timeline.

At a glance

  1. On the filing's figures, the build works out to roughly $4.2 million per megawatt and about $1,000 per square foot.
  2. Data Center Dynamics describes Kati II as seemingly an extension of the company's Kati I data center, which has 166MW of planned capacity at full buildout and 83MW in a first phase.
  3. If built, Kati II's 112MW would add roughly 58% to Soluna's reported operating capacity of 192MW.

Soluna has filed to build a 112MW data center called Kati II in Willacy, Texas, according to a filing first reported by Data Center Dynamics on Oct. 14. The filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation estimates $471.8 million for the single 471,884 sq ft (43,839 sqm) building.

On the filing's figures, the build works out to roughly $4.2 million per megawatt and about $1,000 per square foot.

Data Center Dynamics describes Kati II as seemingly an extension of the company's Kati I data center, which has 166MW of planned capacity at full buildout and 83MW in a first phase. Soluna confirmed a definitive joint venture agreement for Kati II with Metrobloks on June 3.

If built, Kati II's 112MW would add roughly 58% to Soluna's reported operating capacity of 192MW. In August it acquired a 397-acre plot in Briscoe County, Texas, for a Dorothy III campus of up to 300MW, adjacent to Dorothy I and II and next to the 150MW Briscoe wind farm it bought in April.

ProjectCapacityStatus per filing and reporting
Kati II (Willacy, Texas)112MWFiled; no timeline given
Kati I (Willacy, Texas)166MW planned; 83MW Phase IPhase I completed September 2026
Project Rosa187MWListed among 11 sites in development
Dorothy III (Briscoe County)Up to 300MWLand acquired August 2026

Reported by the Data centers & fiber desk from Data Center Dynamics, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing and Private Infrastructure Daily archive. Published . Corrections

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