Has Smartcom Telephone (MCAL1) had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Smartcom Telephone (MCAL1).

Where is Smartcom Telephone (MCAL1) located?

Smartcom Telephone (MCAL1) is in McAllen, TX.

Mapped (unverified)Network node

Smartcom Telephone (MCAL1)

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.

McAllen, TX

Source: Primary source

Smartcom Telephone (MCAL1) is a mapped data center in TX.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Overview

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Smartcom Telephone, LLC — colocation facility (1 networks present). Source: PeeringDB.

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source: Google News

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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.

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EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Fields El in Mcallen, is 0.2 mi from this site (481 students). 9 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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