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Compass Data Center

Ellis County, TX

Source: OpenStreetMap

Compass Data Center is a mapped data center in Ellis County, TX, operated by Compass Datacenters, LLC. DataCentersExposed has documented a 248,985 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent
Compass Datacenters, LLC
Operator
Compass Datacenters, LLC
Est. capacity
~45-100 MW
Footprint
248,985 sq ft
Utility
Hilco Electric Cooperative, INC.
Grid
ERCO
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

data center

Operator chain

The grid behind this site, right now

source: ERCOT · gridstatus
Clean right now
41%
Fossil right now
59%
Grid operator
ERCOT
  • 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

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Compass Datacenters, LLC (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Dollar value not disclosed for these records.
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
Statewide cost of this incentive

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.

source · All Texas subsidies →

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 ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Eastridge El in Red Oak, is 1.7 mi from this site (510 students).

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.