Texas
DataCentersExposed tracks 106 AI data centers in Texas — 38 operating and 7 in the pipeline — across 21 counties, drawing 7.4 GW of reported power demand from 22 tracked corporate operators. Texas's data-center tax break is projected to cost the state $16.1M in forgone revenue in FY2025.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
DataCentersExposed tracks 106 data centers in Texas — 38 operating, 3 under construction, and 4 proposed. The 30 Texas facilities with disclosed electrical capacity account for 7.4 GW of demand on the grid — power that competes with homes and businesses for the same generation and transmission.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
Texas at a glance
The largest footprint in Texas belongs to Prime Data Centers, behind 12 tracked facilities. Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, and CyrusOne LLC round out the most active operators in the state. Many of these sites are filed under shell or project names rather than the parent's — our operator column resolves them back to the real corporate parent wherever the chain is documented.
Geographically, the buildout clusters: Bexar County leads Texas with 26 facilities and a composite risk score of 45/100. Ellis County and Tarrant County follow. Our county risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%); the full breakdown is shown on each county page.
Texas is not done growing. 7 facilities are in the pipeline — proposed, permitted, or under construction — which is where residents still have a say at zoning hearings and in rate cases. Each pending project is a decision about land, water, electricity prices, and tax revenue that hasn't been finalized.
We also surface the accountability trail: 4 state bills mentioning data centers and 6 recent news items are tracked for Texas below, pulled from LegiScan and GDELT and refreshed automatically. Legislation is linked to the counties and operators it names; news is classified by community sentiment.
Top operators in Texas
The taxpayer price tag
“Value of Sales Tax Exemptions — Fiscal 2025 to 2030 — In millions of dollars. Section 151.3595 Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption: 2025 = 16.1, 2026 = 16.8, 2027 = 17.6, 2028 = 18.4, 2029 = 19.3. (Secti…”
Program-wide cost of Texas's data-center tax incentive(s), reported by the state — not attributable to a single facility. “Proj” = the state's own forward estimate; all other figures are realized/audited. Each links to its primary source.
Per-deal tax breaks on record
- Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$31.7M
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption76×
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption55×
Specific incentive records we have matched in Texas (state certified-exemption lists, agreements, and disclosures) — most have no public per-site dollar value, so a count is shown rather than an invented figure.
County risk leaderboard
| County | Facilities | Pipeline | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bexar County | 26 | — | 45 |
| Ellis County | 9 | — | 31 |
| Tarrant County | 10 | — | 30 |
| Travis County | 15 | — | 25 |
| Williamson County | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Bell County | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Dallas County | 23 | — | 20 |
| Collin County | 10 | — | 13 |
| Harris County | 4 | — | 9 |
| Denton County | 2 | — | 6 |
| El Paso County | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dickens County | 2 | — | 4 |
Pipeline & proposals
- Proposed500 MWCipher Riesel Data Center Campus (Waco area)Amazon.com, Inc. · McLennan County
- ProposedAngelina County AI Data CenterOperator unknown · Angelina County
- ProposedBeacon Point AI Data CenterOperator unknown · Nueces County
- ProposedLexington Data CenterOperator unknown · Lee County
- Under construction1.0 GWMeta El Paso Data CenterMeta Platforms, Inc. · El Paso County
- Under construction720 MWCompass Hutto CampusCompass Datacenters, LLC · Williamson County
All tracked facilities
| Facility | Operator | Status | County | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cipher Riesel Data Center Campus (Waco area) | Amazon.com, Inc. | Proposed | McLennan | 500 |
| Angelina County AI Data Center | — | Proposed | Angelina | — |
| Beacon Point AI Data Center | — | Proposed | Nueces | — |
| Lexington Data Center | — | Proposed | Lee | — |
| Meta El Paso Data Center | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Under construction | El Paso | 1,000 |
| Compass Hutto Campus | Compass Datacenters, LLC | Under construction | Williamson | 720 |
| Stack Temple Campus | Stack Infrastructure, Inc. | Under construction | Bell | 600 |
| Riot Platforms Corsicana | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | Navarro | 1,000 |
| Meta Fort Worth | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Tarrant | 700 | |
| Google Midlothian | Alphabet Inc. | Dallas | 540 | |
| Microsoft San Antonio (Quarry) | Microsoft Corporation | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | 380 |
| Digital Realty Austin Campus | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Travis | 220 |
| Google Red Oak | Google LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Ellis | 93 |
| Aligned Data Centers | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | Collin | — |
| Alinged Data Center | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | Tarrant | — |
| Alpheus DataCenter | — | Travis | — | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Amazon AWS SAT - 12807 Donop | Amazon.com, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Amazon Web Services | Amazon.com, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Tarrant | — |
| Argo Data Center | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | Dickens | — |
| CHRISTUS Health | — | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Cipher Mining Odessa Data Center | — | ECTOR COUNTY | — | |
| Citigroup Technology INC | — | Mapped (unverified) | Denton | — |
| Core Scientific | — | REEVES COUNTY | — | |
| Charles Schwab Data Center | — | Mapped (unverified) | Denton | — |
| Cisco Allen | — | Mapped (unverified) | Collin | — |
| Compass Data Center | Compass Datacenters, LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Ellis | — |
| Compass Data Center | Compass Datacenters, LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Ellis | — |
| Compass Data Center | Compass Datacenters, LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Ellis | — |
| Compass Data Center | Compass Datacenters, LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Ellis | — |
| CoreSpace Dallas | — | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| Coreweave Helios | — | Mapped (unverified) | Dickens | — |
| Cortex supercomputer | — | Mapped (unverified) | Travis | — |
| CyrusOne Allen | CyrusOne LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Collin | — |
| CyrusOne Austin Data Center II | CyrusOne LLC | Travis | — | |
| CyrusOne Austin Data Center III | CyrusOne LLC | Travis | — | |
| CyrusOne SAT10 & SAT11 | CyrusOne LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| CyrusOne San Antonio I | CyrusOne LLC | Bexar | — | |
| CyrusOne San Antonio II | CyrusOne LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| CyrusOne San Antonio III | CyrusOne LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| CyrusOne San Antonio IV | CyrusOne LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Cyxtera Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center | CenterSquare (formerly Cyxtera) | Tarrant | — | |
| Ddh Pyote | — | WARD | — | |
| Ddh Vernon | — | WILBARGER COUNTY | — | |
| DXC Technology | — | Mapped (unverified) | Harris | — |
| DXC Technology | — | Mapped (unverified) | Harris | — |
| Data Foundry - Texas 1 | — | Travis | — | |
| Data Foundry - Texas 2 | — | Mapped (unverified) | Travis | — |
| Data Foundry Austin 1 Data Center | — | Travis | — | |
| DataBank | DataBank Holdings, Ltd. | Dallas | — | |
| DataBank Dallas Empire Central Data Center | DataBank Holdings, Ltd. | Dallas | — | |
| DataBank Plano Data Center | Prime Data Centers | Collin | — | |
| Digital Realty Austin AUS11 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | Travis | — | |
| Digital Realty DFW36 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| Digital Realty Dallas DFW16 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | Dallas | — | |
| Digital Realty Dallas DFW17 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| Digital Realty Dallas DFW18 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | Dallas | — | |
| Digital Realty Dallas DFW28 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| Digital Realty Dallas DFW29 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | Dallas | — | |
| Digital Realty Dallas DFW35 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| Edged Energy Nfl | — | DALLAS COUNTY | — | |
| Equinix N Stemmons Freeway Dallas | Equinix, Inc. | Dallas | — | |
| Element Critical | Element Critical | Travis | — | |
| Equinix Infomart | Equinix, Inc. | Dallas | — | |
| Evoque Allen DA1 | — | Mapped (unverified) | Collin | — |
| Experian McKinney Data Center | — | Mapped (unverified) | Collin | — |
| Facebook Fort Worth Datacenter | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Tarrant | — |
| Facebook Fort Worth Datacenter | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Tarrant | — |
| Facebook Fort Worth Datacenter | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Tarrant | — |
| Flexential Dallas - Downtown Dallas | Flexential Corp. | Dallas | — | |
| Flexential Dallas - Plano | Flexential Corp. | Collin | — | |
| Flexential Dallas - Richardson | Flexential Corp. | Mapped (unverified) | Collin | — |
| Frost Bank | — | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Goodnight Power Plant Project | — | ARMSTRONG COUNTY | — | |
| Gvtc | — | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Alphabet Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Ellis | — | |
| Alphabet Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Ellis | — | |
| Alphabet Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Ellis | — | |
| H5 Data Centers San Antonio | Prime Data Centers | Bexar | — | |
| Heb | — | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| IONIC Digital Cedarvale | — | Mapped (unverified) | Ward | — |
| LightEdge Austin I | — | Travis | — | |
| LightEdge Austin II | — | Travis | — | |
| Live Oak Data Center | — | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| Lowe's Data Center | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Lumen Austin 1 | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Travis | — |
| Lumen Austin 3 | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Travis | — |
| Lumen Dallas - 3180 Irving Blvd. | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | Dallas | — | |
| Lumen Dallas 6 | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| Lumen San Antonio 2 | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| MARA Data Center | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | Hood | — |
| Mdc | — | Mapped (unverified) | El Paso | — |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Corporation | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Corporation | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Corporation | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Microsoft San Antonio | Microsoft Corporation | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Microsoft TRP1 | Microsoft Corporation | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Microsoft TRP2 | Microsoft Corporation | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Microsoft TRP3 (SAT46) | Microsoft Corporation | Mapped (unverified) | Medina | — |
| Novartis | — | Mapped (unverified) | Tarrant | — |
| Poolin Tarbush Taproot | — | REEVES COUNTY | — | |
| Project Quest | — | JONES COUNTY | — | |
| Prime DFW01-01 | — | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| QTS Data Center | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | Tarrant | — |
| QTS Irving - Dallas Data Center Campus | QTS Realty Trust, LLC | Dallas | — | |
| QTS San Antonio II | QTS Realty Trust, LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Riot | — | NAVARRO COUNTY | — | |
| Rackspace Richardson DFW3 | Rackspace Technology, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| Rad Web Hosting | — | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| Rice Data Center | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | Harris | — |
| Skybox Houston One | Element Critical | Harris | — | |
| Stream DFW IV | Stream Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | Collin | — |
| Stream Data Centers | Prime Data Centers | Dallas | — | |
| Stream Data Centers Houston | Prime Data Centers | Montgomery | — | |
| Stream San Antonio II | Stream Data Centers | Bexar | — | |
| Switch: The Rock | — | Mapped (unverified) | Williamson | — |
| Texas Cryptologic Center | — | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Thin-nology | — | Mapped (unverified) | Travis | — |
| TierPoint Dallas Data Center | TierPoint, LLC | Dallas | — | |
| Tierpoint Dallas-Allen | TierPoint, LLC | Collin | — | |
| Vantage Tx 11 | — | BEXAR COUNTY | — | |
| Virtbiz | — | Mapped (unverified) | Dallas | — |
| Valero Wiserman | — | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Vantage Data Centers TX22 | Vantage Data Centers Holdings, LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Bexar | — |
| Verizon Wireless Mew Building | Verizon Communications Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Tarrant | — |