Who owns Google data center?

Google data center is operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc..

What tax breaks has Google data center received?

Alphabet Inc. has received $31.7M in tracked tax abatements at its sites in Texas. No state discloses the recipient at the individual-facility level.

Has Google data center had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Google data center.

Where is Google data center located?

Google data center is in Ellis County, TX.

Mapped (unverified)

Google data center, Ellis County, TX

Ellis County, TX

Source: OpenStreetMap

Google data center in Ellis County, TX is a mapped facility, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 288,830 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Est. capacity

~55-120 MW

Footprint

288,830 sq ft

Utility

Hilco Electric Cooperative, INC.

Grid

ERCO

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

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.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Alphabet Inc.
Files as
Google LLC
This facility
Google data center

The grid behind this site, right now

source: ERCOT · gridstatus

Clean right now

47%

Fossil right now

53%

Grid operator

ERCOT

Natural Gas43.2%
Solar37.3%
Coal9.7%
Nuclear5.6%
Wind4.1%

Real-time generation mix for the ERCOT grid this site draws from, as of Aug 17, 2026, 8:04 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

0.8 mi

Unknown304386 · 138 kV

Transmission line

0.7 mi

138 kV line

Municipal water

Served

Rockett Sud

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.

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

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.

Total to this operator: $31.7M

Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)Tax break$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)Tax break$15,660,346
Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2018 · term — yr · source

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.

source · All Texas subsidies →

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

Good

PM10

Good

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.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$73.5K

People of color

53%

Below poverty

11%

Tract population

7,344

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, 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).

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.

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