Digital Realty HOU (12001 North Freeway)
Houston, TX
Source: Primary source
Digital Realty HOU (12001 North Freeway) is a mapped data center in TX, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc..
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkDigital Realty — colocation facility (14 networks present). Source: PeeringDB.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- Files asDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- This facilityDigital Realty HOU (12001 North Freeway)
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe 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.
In the news
source: Google News- Digital Realty scales back Kansas data center plans after build-to-suit client falls throughThe Business Journals· Sep 23, 2026
- A new undersea cable station is planned in Los Angeles to strengthen Asia Pacific linksStock Titan· Sep 22, 2026
- Nairobi’s new data center links customers to more than 100 networks. Digital Realty opened it.Stock Titan· Sep 7, 2026
- Digital Realty starts a Swiss data center designed for AI workloadsStock Titan· Aug 26, 2026
- 5 Best Data Center REITs to Invest in Digital InfrastructureUS News Money· Aug 7, 2026
- News | Digital Realty, Equinix raise outlooks as data center demand acceleratesCoStar· Aug 6, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77These 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$0State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0State of Texas · granted 2014 · term — yr · source
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.
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 ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Trinity Charter Schools - Houston Campus - Dawn Rd in Houston, is 0.9 mi from this 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).
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.