Google Red Oak
330 AUSTIN BLVD, RED OAK, TX, 75154 · RED OAK, Ellis County, TX
Source: Primary source
Google Red Oak is a mapped data center in Ellis County, TX, operated by Google LLC. DataCentersExposed has documented 93 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 13, 2026
Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify
Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkGoogle Red Oak — frontier AI data center campus tracked by Epoch AI, operated by Google. Estimated capital cost ~$2.9B (2025 USD). Located from Epoch AI's Frontier Data Centers dataset (CC-BY 4.0); operational status not independently verified.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentGoogle LLC
- Files asGoogle LLC
- This facilityGoogle Red Oak
The grid behind this site, right now
source: ERCOT · gridstatus- 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: GDELT- Google to build new data center in Gray County in Texas Panhandle - Amarillo Globe-NewsAmarillo Globe-News· Jun 4, 2026
- 🧁 Bonus data center news: Texas, New York, more Google - Columbia UniversityColumbia University· Jun 4, 2026
- We’re announcing a new data center and energy investments in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas. - blog.googleblog.google· Jun 4, 2026
- 'It's jarring': Google's $40 billion data center investment to transform Texas town - KTXSKTXS· May 27, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77These tax breaks are recorded to Google LLC (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$0State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
- Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$16,044,286Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
- Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$15,660,346Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · 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 measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 93 MW (disclosed IT power): 2 L/kWh cooling (hot climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir 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 2023Demographics 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 / NCESThe nearest public school, Red Oak El in Red Oak, is 0.8 mi from this site (528 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.