Digital Realty Austin AUS11
7500 Metro Center Drive · Austin, Travis County, TX
Source: OpenStreetMap
Digital Realty Austin AUS11 is an operating data center in Travis County, TX, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 79,985 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkdata center
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- Files asDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- This facilityDigital Realty Austin AUS11
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- Digital Realty Trust Stock (US2538681030): AI Data Center Demand Meets Rising Rate RealityAD HOC NEWS· Jun 16, 2026
- 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
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 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, Idea Montopolis College Preparatory in Austin, is 1.0 mi from this site (761 students). 2 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.