Google data center, Ellis County, TX

A 288,830 square foot Google data center in Ellis County, TX, the site is operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc. It draws power from Hilco Electric Cooperative, INC. and sits within the ERCO grid. The location is currently mapped.

• 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.

• Google to build new data center in Gray County in Texas Panhandle - Amarillo Globe-News

  Amarillo Globe-News· Jun 4, 2026
• 🧁 Bonus data center news: Texas, New York, more Google - Columbia University

  Columbia University· Jun 4, 2026
• We’re announcing a new data center and energy investments in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas. - blog.google

  blog.google· Jun 4, 2026
• 'It's jarring': Google's $40 billion data center investment to transform Texas town - KTXS

  KTXS· May 27, 2026

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

• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$16,044,286
  Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
• Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$15,660,346
  Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2018 · 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 (Dallas-Fort Worth), 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, Eastridge El in Red Oak, is 1.1 mi from this site (510 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).

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.