Harris County, Texas
DataCentersExposed tracks 4 AI data centers in Harris County, Texas — 1 operating and 0 in the pipeline, led by Element Critical. Its transparent data-center risk score is 0/100.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
Harris County, Texas has 4 tracked data centers, 1 of them operating. Its composite data-center risk score is 9 out of 100 — see the breakdown above for which factors drive it.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
- Project exposure · 16
- Power demand · 0
- Water draw · n/a
- Land footprint · n/a
What's happening in Harris County
Element Critical has the largest presence in Harris County. We resolve project codenames and shell LLCs back to the corporate parent wherever the public record allows, so the table below names who is actually behind each site.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| DXC Technology | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| DXC Technology | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Rice Data Center Houston | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Skybox Houston One | Element Critical | — |
County commissioners
How the Harris County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.