Alpheus DataCenter
1905 East 6th Street · Austin, Travis County, TX
Source: OpenStreetMap
Alpheus DataCenter is an operating data center in Travis County, TX. DataCentersExposed has documented a 36,089 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Overview
source: linkAlpheus DataCenter is an operating data center in Austin, Travis County, Texas, with a reported footprint of 36,089 square feet. The site draws power from Austin Energy inside the ERCO balancing authority. Available records do not name an operator or ultimate parent above the Alpheus data center.
The grid behind this site, right now
source: ERCOT · gridstatus- Natural Gas45.3%
- Solar29.0%
- Coal13.7%
- Nuclear7.9%
- Wind4.0%
Real-time generation mix for the ERCOT grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 2:44 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
In the news
source: Google News- Denver data center builder is moving into San Antonio, Austin metro areas, planning three projectsMSN· Jun 16, 2026
- Indoor slide park, active adult community, data center town halls: Check out 6 trending Austin-area storiesCommunity Impact | News· Jun 12, 2026
- Proposed data center in Taylor draws pushback from communityFOX 7 Austin· Jun 12, 2026
- Watch Taylor residents protest proposed data center - FOX LOCAL AustinFOX One· Jun 12, 2026
- Taylor residents protest proposed data centerFOX 7 Austin· Jun 12, 2026
- Gov. Abbott recommends new data center rulesKXAN Austin· Jun 11, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Texas reported $16.1M in Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption (Texas Tax Code § 151.3595) for FY2025 (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Austin), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, University Of Texas El Charter School in Austin, is 0.2 mi from this site (296 students). 11 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.