How many datacenter sites are in Texas?

GridCensus catalogs 9,304 scored datacenter candidate sites in Texas, with an average DC Readiness score of 56.7/100.

What is the average interconnection-queue wait in Texas?

Candidate sites in Texas average a 3.4 yrs interconnection-queue wait, with an average queue depth of 875 projects.

What kind of datacenter sites are most common in Texas?

Greenfield sites are the most common category in Texas (4,372 sites), and most sites fall within the ERCOT grid region.

Datacenter Sites in Texas

Texas has 9,304 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 56.7/100 DC Readiness. Greenfield parcels lead the inventory (4,372 sites). Most sites interconnect through ERCOT. The state's candidate sites carry a catalogued aggregate of 1.6M MW and average a 3.4 yrs interconnection-queue wait.

9,304

Candidate sites

56.7/100

Avg DC Readiness

1.6M MW

Catalogued capacity

theoretical aggregate

3.4 yrs

Avg queue wait

By site type

By grid region

ERCOT
9,293
SPP
8
MISO
3

Average sub-score profile

How Texas's candidate sites score on each DC Readiness dimension (0–100 average).

Power availability

45.5

Speed-to-power

57.7

Fiber

58.7

Water

53.1

Hazard resilience

42.8

Top 25 datacenter sites in Texas

Ranked by DC Readiness.

Top datacenter sites in Texas
Site	Type	County	Voltage	Capacity	Queue wait	Score
EAGLE MOUNTAIN	Substation-Adjacent	Tarrant County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	77.0
ROTHWOOD	Substation-Adjacent	Montgomery County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	75.8
SKYLINE	Substation-Adjacent	Bexar County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	75.7
ARTHUR VON ROSENBERG	Substation-Adjacent	Bexar County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	75.1
HICKS	Substation-Adjacent	Tarrant County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	75.1
NORTHWEST CARROLLTON	Substation-Adjacent	Dallas County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	75.0
UNKNOWN300985	Substation-Adjacent	McLennan County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	74.9
AJ SWOPE	Substation-Adjacent	Potter County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	74.9
CAGNON ROAD	Substation-Adjacent	Bexar County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	74.8
CALAVERAS 345 SWITCHYARD	Substation-Adjacent	Bexar County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	74.7
UNKNOWN305746	Substation-Adjacent	Cameron County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	74.5
NORWOOD	Substation-Adjacent	Dallas County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	74.5
POTTER COUNTY	Substation-Adjacent	Potter County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	74.3
SHERRY	Substation-Adjacent	Tarrant County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	74.0
UNKNOWN308533	Substation-Adjacent	Tarrant County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	74.0
UNKNOWN302319	Substation-Adjacent	Tarrant County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	73.9
UNKNOWN309566	Substation-Adjacent	Collin County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	73.9
HILL COUNTRY 345	Substation-Adjacent	Bexar County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	73.9
UNKNOWN301121	Substation-Adjacent	Tarrant County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	73.9
TOMBALL	Substation-Adjacent	Montgomery County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	73.8
ROYSE	Substation-Adjacent	Rockwall County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	73.8
UNKNOWN304682	Substation-Adjacent	San Patricio County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	73.8
DEEPWATER	Substation-Adjacent	Harris County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	73.7
UNKNOWN300728	Substation-Adjacent	Tarrant County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	73.7
LEWISVILLE SWITCH	Substation-Adjacent	Denton County	345 kV	600 MW	3.4 yrs	73.7

Counties in Texas

247 counties with five or more scored sites.

Harris County348 · 59.4 Dallas County303 · 59.5 Tarrant County289 · 55.7 Travis County207 · 56.2 El Paso County177 · 54.1 Bexar County176 · 60.6 Hidalgo County106 · 61.0 Orange County100 · 56.1 Jefferson98 · 52.0 Galveston County97 · 52.2 Brazoria91 · 57.0 Denton County91 · 60.0 Williamson County88 · 54.8 Cameron County86 · 58.7 Montgomery County82 · 59.7 McLennan County81 · 57.9 Wise County80 · 57.5 Nueces County79 · 57.5 Collin County76 · 61.0 Webb County76 · 56.7 Hunt County75 · 50.3 Lubbock County67 · 60.2 Fort Bend County66 · 60.0 Chambers County65 · 58.4 Potter County65 · 61.7 Ellis County62 · 61.2 Wharton61 · 55.8 Brazos County60 · 60.0 Frio County60 · 51.3 Midland County60 · 55.5 Navarro County60 · 56.4 Bowie County59 · 51.6 Parker County59 · 59.7 Bell County58 · 57.1 Robertson County58 · 58.1 Taylor County58 · 60.6 Wichita County58 · 60.0 Victoria County57 · 56.4 Jones County56 · 55.2 Johnson County55 · 59.9 Runnels County55 · 52.7 Hood County54 · 53.8 Fayette County53 · 56.7 Gregg53 · 56.2 Rusk County53 · 57.3 Ector County52 · 57.9 Freestone County52 · 57.4 Howard County52 · 55.9 Harrison51 · 55.1 Tom Green County51 · 57.0 Milam County50 · 54.8 Upton County50 · 55.5 Comal County49 · 61.1 Liberty County48 · 53.7 Nacogdoches48 · 54.9 Nolan County48 · 56.2 Grayson County47 · 57.1 Limestone County47 · 52.2 Young County47 · 54.9 Mitchell County46 · 55.4 Rockwall County46 · 64.5 Hill County45 · 57.0 San Patricio County45 · 57.4 Guadalupe County44 · 61.1 Lamb County44 · 58.6 Pecos County44 · 52.1 Scurry County44 · 58.0 Atascosa County43 · 58.5 Bastrop County43 · 57.7 Grimes County43 · 61.3 Henderson County43 · 56.9 Randall County43 · 62.8 Jackson County42 · 56.9 Smith42 · 58.5 Hutchinson County41 · 55.6 Medina County41 · 56.8 Yoakum County41 · 57.7 Kaufman County39 · 59.4 Kendall County39 · 56.2 Starr County38 · 56.0 Carson County37 · 61.0 Matagorda County37 · 57.6 Moore County37 · 56.6 Burnet County36 · 53.7 Hale County36 · 58.5 Cherokee County35 · 57.3 Fisher County35 · 55.9 Wood34 · 53.8 Anderson County33 · 57.8 Erath County33 · 57.0 Gillespie County33 · 50.6 Haskell County33 · 56.1 Llano33 · 51.0 Van Zandt County33 · 59.1 Caldwell County32 · 60.4 Wilbarger32 · 59.2 Angelina County31 · 58.3 Archer County31 · 58.5 Gray County31 · 57.2 Hays County31 · 60.2 Waller County31 · 62.0 Bosque County30 · 55.7 Castro County30 · 61.6 Cooke County30 · 59.6 Eastland County30 · 54.2 Wilson County30 · 59.6 Andrews County29 · 55.8 Clay County29 · 61.2 Dickens County29 · 56.4 Gaines29 · 56.0 Zapata County29 · 54.0 Colorado County28 · 53.9 DeWitt County28 · 55.6 Glasscock County28 · 52.3 Jack County28 · 59.7 Karnes County28 · 57.2 Kerr County28 · 53.9 Morris28 · 57.1 Washington County28 · 59.1 Brown County27 · 56.7 Fannin County27 · 61.3 Foard County27 · 56.5 Newton County27 · 56.4 Palo Pinto County27 · 52.7 San Saba County27 · 44.4 Somervell County27 · 54.4 Titus County27 · 54.1 Ward27 · 54.1 Hockley County26 · 59.3 Leon County26 · 56.1 Marion County26 · 57.7 Shackelford County26 · 54.9 Winkler County26 · 54.8 Martin County25 · 56.2 Maverick County25 · 51.4 Red River County25 · 54.1 Refugio County25 · 54.3 Schleicher County25 · 56.1 Stephens County25 · 53.1 Walker County25 · 57.1 Briscoe County24 · 60.3 Floyd County24 · 57.3 Hardin County24 · 56.1 Swisher County24 · 60.4 Bailey County23 · 58.7 Cottle County23 · 57.4 Crockett County23 · 54.6 Kimble County23 · 54.1 La Salle County23 · 50.6 Callahan County22 · 56.1 Coryell22 · 54.7 Crane County22 · 52.9 Falls County22 · 56.1 Hardeman County22 · 54.9 Kinney County22 · 55.6 Montague County22 · 54.4 Motley County22 · 55.0 Sabine County22 · 53.9 Comanche County21 · 55.0 Concho County21 · 54.1 Franklin County21 · 58.6 Goliad County21 · 55.9 Hall County21 · 54.8 Knox County21 · 54.8 Lamar County21 · 59.2 Uvalde County21 · 52.7 Willacy County21 · 62.2 Brooks County20 · 56.6 Coleman County20 · 57.0 Dimmit County20 · 50.6 Hopkins County20 · 58.5 Houston County20 · 56.7 Lampasas County20 · 53.8 Lee County20 · 56.1 Polk County20 · 55.5 Rains County20 · 58.5 Collingsworth County19 · 52.9 Culberson County19 · 48.6 Wheeler County19 · 51.6 Borden County18 · 58.0 Childress County18 · 57.2 Hansford County18 · 57.5 Loving County18 · 51.9 McCulloch County18 · 55.3 Madison County18 · 57.5 Shelby18 · 55.4 Throckmorton County18 · 54.0 Zavala County18 · 51.9 Austin County17 · 57.6 Deaf Smith County17 · 57.0 Hamilton County17 · 51.3 Kent County17 · 56.8 Oldham County17 · 54.2 Panola County17 · 54.8 Blanco County16 · 54.4 Jasper County16 · 56.4 Mills County16 · 55.0 San Jacinto County16 · 59.3 Calhoun County15 · 58.9 Camp County15 · 61.1 Duval County15 · 50.8 Gonzales County15 · 57.4 Jim Wells County15 · 58.5 Kleberg County15 · 57.1 Sterling County15 · 52.7 Armstrong County14 · 58.5 Mason County14 · 50.7 Menard County14 · 53.3 Parmer County14 · 58.2 Cass County13 · 57.9 Coke County13 · 50.3 Live Oak County13 · 52.9 Lynn County13 · 57.9 McMullen County13 · 52.8 Ochiltree County13 · 58.8 San Augustine County13 · 50.1 Tyler County13 · 57.1 Upshur County13 · 57.0 Bee County12 · 54.3 Burleson County12 · 54.4 Irion County12 · 53.3 Kenedy County12 · 57.3 Lavaca County11 · 55.4 Stonewall County11 · 53.3 Sutton County11 · 51.8 Terry County11 · 56.8 Trinity County11 · 54.6 Val Verde County11 · 51.4 Bandera County10 · 56.1 Baylor County10 · 55.1 Hudspeth County10 · 50.7 King County10 · 54.5 Reagan County10 · 51.0 Aransas County9 · 55.7 Cochran County9 · 57.6 Dawson County9 · 54.0 Hartley County9 · 55.3 Jeff Davis County8 · 50.5 Jim Hogg County8 · 51.5 Sherman County8 · 57.2 Crosby County7 · 56.9 Dallam County7 · 53.7 Reeves County7 · 53.6 Brewster County6 · 43.3 Delta County5 · 58.7 Garza County5 · 44.2 Presidio County5 · 43.2

Texas datacenter site selection FAQ

How many datacenter sites are in Texas?: GridCensus catalogs 9,304 scored datacenter candidate sites in Texas, with an average DC Readiness score of 56.7/100.
What is the average interconnection-queue wait in Texas?: Candidate sites in Texas average a 3.4 yrs interconnection-queue wait, with an average queue depth of 875 projects.
What kind of datacenter sites are most common in Texas?: Greenfield sites are the most common category in Texas (4,372 sites), and most sites fall within the ERCOT grid region.

Dataset updated March 2026. Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

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