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Texas Data Center Construction Projects
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Sector composition
How much is still active?
- Active in snapshot
- $80B
- Other tracked filings
- $22.6B
Active means the filing’s estimated completion was on or after the snapshot date. Other filings are not necessarily completed.
Texas · TDLR public records
Sector snapshotTotal estimated construction value
$102.6B
- 694
- Filings tracked
- 63
- Counties
- 114
- Cities
Sector totals computed October 13, 2026.
Explore filingsThe projects behind the numbers
Explore the shape of investment, compare individual filings, and see their estimated completion dates. Select a project to inspect its record.
Where the value sits
The sector, explained
Where are data centers being built in Texas?
Texas leads the United States in new data center construction. Zabalist tracks 694 data center construction projects filed with Texas regulators across 63 counties — a combined $103B in estimated value, including $80B across 155 projects still actively under construction or in review. The largest clusters are in Dallas–Fort Worth, the Austin corridor, San Antonio, and land- and power-rich West Texas. Each project below links to its verified permit record — location, developer, estimated cost and projected completion — drawn from Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) public filings.
Largest Texas data center projects under construction
The largest among the most recently filed projects, updated automatically from TDLR records. Click any entry for its full record.
View 15 featured source records
| Project | Location | Est. value | Status | Est. completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Hyper - Spur Building 2 | Jayton, Kent County | $2.4B | Registered with TDLR | May 2029 |
| Project Hyper - Spur Building 1 | Jayton, Kent County | $2.4B | Registered with TDLR | Jun 2029 |
| Project Hyper - Childress | Childress, Childress County | $2.4B | Registered with TDLR | May 2028 |
| Project Hyper - Childress | Childress, Childress County | $2.4B | Registered with TDLR | Apr 2028 |
| Project Hyper - Childress | Childress, Childress County | $2.4B | Registered with TDLR | Feb 2028 |
| Vantage DC Abilene - TX3 - Project Frontier | Abilene, Shackelford County | $1.3B | Design review complete | May 2027 |
| Vantage DC Abilene - TX3 - Project Frontier | Abilene, Shackelford County | $1.2B | Design review complete | Sep 2027 |
| Vantage DC Abilene - TX3 - Project Frontier | Abilene, Shackelford County | $1.2B | Design review complete | Nov 2027 |
| Vantage DC Abilene - TX3 - Project Frontier | Abilene, Shackelford County | $1.1B | Design review complete | Apr 2028 |
| Vantage DC Abilene - TX3 - Project Frontier | Abilene, Shackelford County | $955M | Design review complete | Feb 2027 |
| Vantage DC Abilene - TX3 - Project Frontier | Abilene, Shackelford County | $950M | Design review complete | May 2028 |
| Vantage DC Abilene - TX3 - Project Frontier | Abilene, Shackelford County | $950M | Design review complete | Aug 2027 |
| Vantage DC Abilene - TX3 - Project Frontier | Abilene, Shackelford County | $945M | Design review complete | Oct 2027 |
| AUS02 | Temple, Bell County | $780M | Registered with TDLR | Aug 2027 |
| EDCAUS32 | Cedar Creek, Bastrop County | $700M | Registered with TDLR | Dec 2028 |
Estimated values are construction costs reported on the TDLR registration and may cover a single building or phase of a larger campus.
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Power near Austin-area data center projects
Grid access decides where data centers go. For the largest data center filings in Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell counties, this shows the electric substations and transmission lines within 5 km of the site.
| Project | Substations ≤ 5 km | Nearest substation | Transmission lines ≤ 5 km | Highest voltage nearby |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDCAUS16 Cedar Creek · Bastrop County | 3 | 0.08 km · 138 kV | 10 | 345 kV |
| EDCAUS15 Cedar Creek · Bastrop County | 3 | 0.08 km · 138 kV | 10 | 345 kV |
Source: DHS HIFLD electric substations ('HIFLD Substations 1_9_25' archive copy) · as of Jan 9, 2025 · HIFLD Open (public); attribute HIFLD.
Source: DHS HIFLD (Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data), electric power transmission lines, as mirrored by a federal ArcGIS archive · as of May 19, 2026 · HIFLD Open (public); some source records originate from licensed or OSM data, attribute HIFLD.
Grid data: Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD), archive copy. Attribute HIFLD. Distances are straight-line from the project point and do not indicate available capacity.
Texas hyperscale data center permits by county
Data center construction filings are concentrated in a handful of Texas counties. Taylor County (Abilene) leads with roughly $13.4 billion in registered value, followed by Shackelford County — where Vantage Data Centers filed ten Project Frontier buildings worth about $10.6 billion in June 2026 — then Dallas, Tarrant and Ellis counties in the DFW metroplex. The table below shows every major county’s TDLR filing count, combined estimated value, active projects, and largest single filing.
County concentration
Where the investment lands
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| County | Filings | Est. value | Active | Largest filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor County | 6 | $13.4B | 3 | Abilene AI Data Center (Bldg 10) |
| Shackelford County | 10 | $10.6B | 10 | Vantage Project Frontier (TX3) |
| Dallas County | 170 | $7.9B | 22 | DA12-1 |
| Tarrant County | 57 | $4.9B | 10 | DFW04-02.01 |
| Ellis County | 24 | $4.7B | 10 | Sharka Data Center (Building 5) |
| Dickens County | 5 | $4.3B | 3 | Galaxy Helios (Phase 2) |
| Armstrong County | 8 | $3.6B | 8 | Project Llano |
| Bexar County | 74 | $3.3B | 14 | EX West Green Data Center |
| Caldwell County | 2 | $3.2B | 2 | Edged Energy — Austin |
| Medina County | 8 | $2.6B | 5 | SAT89/90 Data Center |
| Bosque County | 5 | $2.5B | 4 | CyrusOne DFW10 |
| Bastrop County | 4 | $1.9B | 2 | EDCAUS12 |
| Williamson County | 21 | $1.8B | 7 | Skybox — Hutto 2 |
| Gray County | 3 | $1.2B | 3 | Project Pumpkin 3A |
Counts cover all data center construction filings registered with TDLR that Zabalist tracks, including completed projects; "active" filings have an estimated completion date still ahead. A campus may register multiple buildings or phases as separate filings. County totals verified against TDLR public records on July 5, 2026.
Where Texas data centers are being built
Dallas–Fort Worth
The largest concentration — Garland, Dallas, Midlothian (Ellis), Whitney (Bosque), Fort Worth, and Corsicana (Navarro).
Greater Austin
A fast-growing corridor southeast of Austin: Maxwell & Lockhart (Caldwell), Cedar Creek (Bastrop), and Hutto (Williamson).
San Antonio
Castroville (Medina) anchors the San Antonio cluster with the multi-building SAT campuses.
West Texas & the Panhandle
Land- and power-rich sites near Abilene (Taylor and Shackelford, where Vantage’s multi-building Project Frontier campus filed in June 2026), Afton (Dickens), Claude (Armstrong), and Miami (Gray).
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Why is Texas getting so many data centers?
Three structural advantages concentrate hyperscale construction in Texas: an independent power grid operated by ERCOT that lets large loads interconnect comparatively quickly, abundant inexpensive land in rural counties, and a business-tax climate that has long attracted capital-intensive industrial projects. The result is visible in the permit record — the 155 active data center projects Zabalist tracks represent roughly $80B of in-flight construction, from the DFW metroplex to the Panhandle.
These figures are derived from construction filings registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. See our data sources for methodology and provenance.
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Texas data center construction — FAQ
Where are data centers being built in Texas?
Texas data center construction spans dozens of counties. The biggest clusters are Dallas–Fort Worth (Garland, Dallas, Midlothian, Whitney, Corsicana), the Austin corridor (Maxwell, Lockhart, Cedar Creek, Hutto), San Antonio (Castroville), and land- and power-rich West Texas and Panhandle sites near Abilene, Afton, Claude and Miami.
How many data centers are being built in Texas?
Zabalist tracks 694 data center construction projects filed with Texas regulators, with 155 currently active (in review or registered, completion still ahead) representing about $80B in estimated value. The full set totals roughly $103B. Figures are sourced from TDLR public records and updated as new filings post.
What is the largest data center project in Texas?
Among individual TDLR filings, the Abilene AI data center campus in Taylor County carries the highest estimated value at roughly $6.3 billion per building. The largest multi-building campus by combined filings is Vantage Data Centers’ Project Frontier in Shackelford County, northeast of Abilene — ten buildings registered in June 2026 totaling roughly $10.6 billion. Other multi-billion-dollar projects include Edged Energy near Austin (Caldwell County) and Galaxy Helios in Dickens County.
How can I find data center construction projects to bid on in Texas?
Each project on Zabalist links to its full permit record with the owner, developer, location and timeline. Electrical, mechanical and concrete subcontractors can use the verified contractor directory and the active Texas bids feed to identify projects and the firms working on them before construction ramps up.
Is Texas data center construction data public record?
Yes. Commercial construction in Texas is registered with the Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) for accessibility review, creating a public record of the project, its location, estimated cost and status. Zabalist aggregates these filings; it does not publish confidential or proprietary information.