Digital Realty Austin AUS11

• Natural Gas38.9%
• Solar24.3%
• Wind17.8%
• Coal11.4%
• Nuclear7.4%

Real-time generation mix for the ERCOT grid this site draws from, as of Jul 15, 2026, 10:24 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

• $500M data center project near MARTA station sidelined ... for now

  The Business Journals· Jul 13, 2026
• Digital Realty Announces Purchase of Blackstone Interest in Three Northern Virginia Data Centers

  The Globe and Mail· Jun 29, 2026
• Digital Realty outlines data center strategy, shares anchored in the S&P 500 REIT space

  Ad-hoc-news.de· Jun 28, 2026
• Digital Realty buying Columbia Capital

  The Business Journals· Jun 24, 2026
• Digital Realty Trust Stock (US2538681030): AI Data Center Demand Meets Rising Rate Reality

  Ad-hoc-news.de· Jun 16, 2026
• Data center operator reveals plans for downtown Seattle facility as city weighs one-year ban

  GeekWire· Jun 4, 2026

These tax breaks are recorded to Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

• Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0
  State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0
  State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0
  State of Texas · granted 2014 · term — yr · source

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.

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Austin), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

The nearest public school, Idea Montopolis College Preparatory in Austin, is 1.0 mi from this site (761 students). 2 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

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).

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.