McLennan County, Texas
DataCentersExposed tracks 1 AI data center in McLennan County, Texas — 0 operating and 1 in the pipeline, drawing 500 MW of reported power demand, led by Amazon.com, Inc..
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McLennan County, Texas has 1 tracked data center and 1 in the development pipeline.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
What's happening in McLennan County
Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 500 MW from the local grid. Data-center load on this scale is the single biggest driver of recent capacity-market price increases — costs that flow through to every ratepayer in the service territory, not just the operators.
Amazon.com, Inc. has the largest presence in McLennan County. We resolve project codenames and shell LLCs back to the corporate parent wherever the public record allows, so the table below names who is actually behind each site.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cipher Riesel Data Center Campus (Waco area) Riesel | Amazon.com, Inc. | Proposed | 500 |
County commissioners
How the McLennan County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.