Who owns Lumen Austin 1?

Lumen Austin 1 is owned and operated by Lumen Technologies, Inc..

Has Lumen Austin 1 had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Lumen Austin 1.

Where is Lumen Austin 1 located?

Lumen Austin 1 is in Travis County, TX.

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Lumen Austin 1

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Texas?

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). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

4209 Smith School Road · Travis County, TX

Source: OpenStreetMap

Lumen Austin 1 is a mapped data center in Travis County, TX, operated by Lumen Technologies, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 74,722 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Hearing timeline

City Council
Thu, Aug 27, 2026 · 10:00 AM CDT
City Council: data-center item — Approve a resolution initiating amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development Code) and other provisions of City Code or regulations necessary to establish land uses, site development regulations, and development processes, for data center use in certain zoning
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City Council Work Session
Tue, Aug 25, 2026 · 9:00 AM CDT
City Council Work Session: Briefing on the current status of data center uses in the City and possible future amendments to the City Code or regulations. [Joi Harden, Acting Assistant Director - Austin Planning, Shay Roalson, Director - Austin Water, Stuart Reilly, General Manager - Austin Energy].
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Process

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Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.

Public comment (editable)

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Records / FOIA request

Public Records Request

To the records custodian for Travis County, TX,

Under the applicable public-records law, I request copies of the following records concerning the data-center project known as "Lumen Austin 1" at 4209 Smith School Road:

1. The complete application, including any rezoning, special-use/conditional-use permit, or site-plan submissions and all exhibits.
2. All staff reports, analyses, and recommendations.
3. Any traffic, noise, water-use, stormwater, or utility/load studies submitted or commissioned.
4. Any development agreement, proffers, or tax-incentive/abatement agreements and their term sheets.
5. All correspondence between the applicant (or its agents) and county/city staff or elected officials regarding this project.
6. Notices of public hearings and proof of required public notice.

I request these in electronic form where available. If any portion is withheld, please cite the specific exemption. If fees will exceed $25, please contact me first.

Thank you,
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[Your email / address]

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Real parent

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

Operator

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

Est. capacity

~10-30 MW

Footprint

74,722 sq ft

Utility

Austin Energy

Grid

ERCO

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

data center

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
Files as
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
This facility
Lumen Austin 1

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

0.7 mi

Tap302630 · 138 kV

Transmission line

0.7 mi

138 kV line

Municipal water

Served

City Of Austin Water & Wastewater

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: Google News

In public meetings

Where this facility is discussed in the verbatim record of public government meetings. Captions are auto-generated and uncorrected.

City Council Work SessionAug 25, 2026
“…tem that is also on the regular meeting agenda. 2. Pre-Selected Agenda Items 3. Briefings 4. [26-2407] Briefing on the current status of data center uses in the City and possible future amendments to the City Code or regulations. [Joi Harden, Acting Assistant Director - Austin Planning, Shay Roalson, Director - Aust…”
Read the transcript · 4 mentions

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

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

Moderate

Good

PM10

Good

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

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$111.5K

People of color

81%

Below poverty

Tract population

8,769

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, Smith El in Austin, is 339 ft from this site (508 students). 3 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).

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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