Digital Realty Austin Campus
Austin, Travis County, TX
Digital Realty Austin Campus is a mapped data center in Travis County, TX, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 220 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify
Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
Digital Realty Austin Campus is a colocation data center in Austin, Travis County, Texas, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Running since 2020, the site reports a power capacity of 220 MW, drawing electricity from Bluebonnet Electric Coop, INC on the ERCOT grid. It is currently mapped.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- This facilityDigital Realty Austin Campus
In the news
source: Google News- Digital Realty Trust Stock (US2538681030): Analyst Views And AI Data-Center Demand In FocusAD HOC NEWS· Jun 14, 2026
- Digital Realty Trust Stock (US2538681030): Analysts Lift Targets As Data Center Demand GrowsAD HOC NEWS· Jun 13, 2026
- Are Wall Street analysts bullish on Digital Realty Trust stock?MSN· Jun 10, 2026
- Data center operator reveals plans for downtown Seattle facility as city weighs one-year banGeekWire· Jun 4, 2026
- Digital Realty Trust stock (US2538681030): focus on data center growth as investors digest REITweekAD HOC NEWS· Jun 4, 2026
- Digital Realty Trust stock (US2540671011): shareholders back board and auditor at 2026 AGMAD HOC NEWS· Jun 2, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77These tax breaks are recorded to Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2014 · term — yr · source
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 measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 220 MW (disclosed IT power): 2 L/kWh cooling (hot climate) + 0.4 gal/kWh embedded in ERCOT grid mix. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
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, Bridge Point El in Austin, is 1.7 mi from this site (598 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.