Austin County, Texas
Austin County, Texas has 285 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 210 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 4.5 GW of planned generation across 17 projects. That is 0.3% of Texas's data center MW.
Austin County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Austin County's own plants cover 73.7% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 4.5 GW.
Data centers by status
1 record, 285 MW
The data center pipeline
1 record list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2027. The largest expected additions are 285 MW listed for 2027.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 1 | 285 |
Who is building in Austin
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| CleanSpark | 1 | 285 |
Power generation in the county
2 plants operate inside Austin County, 210 MW of battery storage and solar. The queue adds 4.5 GW across 17 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Austin County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 200 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 11 | 2,392 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 3 | 1,484.9 |
| Solar | Operating | 1 | 10 |
| Solar | Planned | 3 | 652.3 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 6 | 1,386 |
| 2028 | 6 | 2,167.8 |
| 2029 | 5 | 975.4 |
Austin County against its neighbors
Wharton County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 600 MW, more than Austin County. 5 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharton County | 10 | 10,732 | 0.15x | ||
| Austin County this page | 1 | 4,529 | 1.4x | ||
| Fort Bend County | 0 | 2,368 | 0x | ||
| Fayette County | 0 | 1,217 | 0x | ||
| Waller County | 0 | 924 | 0x | ||
| Colorado County | 0 | 2,269 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
4 projects in Austin County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Austin County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 4 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Austin County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 20 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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