Lumen Austin 3
Travis County, TX
Source: OpenStreetMap
Lumen Austin 3 is a mapped data center in Travis County, TX, operated by Lumen Technologies, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 5,068 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Overview
source: linkLumen Austin 3 is a mapped edge data center in Travis County, Texas, run by Lumen Technologies, Inc. Its reported footprint is 5,068 square feet. The site draws power from Austin Energy within the ERCO balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentLumen Technologies, Inc.
- Files asLumen Technologies, Inc.
- This facilityLumen Austin 3
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: Google News- Suit: Louisiana data center company infringing on cooling patentsNew Orleans CityBusiness· Jun 5, 2026
- Reno has six data centers, here’s where construction standsReno Gazette Journal· May 29, 2026
- Lumen Technologies to Acquire Alkira to Advance Cloud-Native Networking StrategyThe Fast Mode· May 8, 2026
- Lumen buys Alkira for USD 475 mln to drive expansion in data centre networkingTelecompaper· May 6, 2026
- Lumen to Acquire Alkira, Establishing the Control Plane for Cloud ConnectivityLumen - Investor Relations· May 5, 2026
- Data CenterLancasterOnline· Apr 28, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No 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.
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.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir 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 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, Zavala El in Austin, is 0.3 mi from this site (259 students). 10 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.