MARA Data Center
2001 Mitchell Bend Highway · Granbury, Hood County, TX
Source: OpenStreetMap
MARA Data Center is a mapped data center in Hood County, TX, operated by Prime Data Centers. DataCentersExposed has documented a 1,768,887 sq ft footprint 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
source: linkMARA Data Center is a mapped colocation site in Granbury, Hood County, TX, operated by Prime Data Centers and linked to Marathon Digital Holdings. The facility spans 1,768,887 square feet and draws power from United Electric Coop Service INC within the ERCO balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentPrime Data Centers
- Files asPrime Data Centers
- This facilityMARA 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- Hood County data center opposition: 'You know the fight’s not over until it’s absolutely over.'Yahoo· May 13, 2026
- Data center battles erupt across Hood & Somervell counties. Here’s what to knowFort Worth Star-Telegram· May 7, 2026
- County commissioner says Granbury officials mislead public about data centerFort Worth Star-Telegram· Apr 22, 2026
- Granbury rezones 2,000 acres for data center power plant despite residents’ pleasFort Worth Star-Telegram· Apr 8, 2026
- Granbury data center power plant sows transparency concernsFort Worth Star-Telegram· Apr 8, 2026
- Power plant for data center on 2,000 acres in Granbury goes to public hearingFort Worth Star-Telegram· Apr 4, 2026
Data-center discussions in Hood County
source: LocalView (CC0)Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.
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 measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 300 MW (interconnection capacity): 2 L/kWh cooling (hot climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. 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 (Dallas-Fort Worth), 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, Mambrino School in Granbury, is 2.8 mi from this site (886 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.