Has Cortex supercomputer had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Cortex supercomputer.

Where is Cortex supercomputer located?

Cortex supercomputer is in Travis County, TX.

Mapped (unverified)

Cortex supercomputer

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Texas?

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). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Travis County, TX

Source: OpenStreetMap

Cortex supercomputer is a mapped data center in Travis County, TX. DataCentersExposed has documented a 427,833 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 12, 2026

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Real parent

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Operator

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Est. capacity

~85-180 MW

Footprint

427,833 sq ft

Utility

Bluebonnet Electric Coop, INC

Grid

ERCO

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

water-cooled supercomputer cluster https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1792421243024806156

The grid behind this site, right now

source: ERCOT · gridstatus

Clean right now

41%

Fossil right now

59%

Grid operator

ERCOT

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

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No 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.

Statewide cost of this incentive

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.

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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 ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

PM2.5

Moderate

Good

PM10

Good

Air 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 2023

Median household income

$99.1K

People of color

69%

Below poverty

Tract population

10,008

Demographics 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 / NCES

The nearest public school, Del Valle H S in Del Valle, is 2.5 mi from this site (3,460 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.