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Datacenter Sites in Texas

Texas has 6,839 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 56.4/100 DC Readiness. Substation-Adjacent parcels lead the inventory (3,635 sites). Most sites interconnect through ERCOT. The state's candidate sites carry a catalogued aggregate of 585.3k MW and average a 3.5 yrs interconnection-queue wait.

At a glance

Texas has 6,839 scored datacenter candidate sites, the 4th-most of the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, averaging 56.4/100 DC Readiness against a national average of 53.0. Its average score ranks 7th among states. The state also has 268 operating datacenters and 114 internet exchange facilities on record.

6,839
Candidate sites
56.4/100
Avg DC Readiness
585.3k MW
Catalogued capacity
theoretical aggregate
3.5 yrs
Avg queue wait
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Top 25 in Texas

How does Texas compare with other states for datacenter sites?

By number of scored candidate sites, Texas ranks 4th of the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico (6,839 of 147,272 nationally, 4.6%). Its average DC Readiness of 56.4/100 ranks 7th and is roughly in line with the national average of 53.0. The average interconnection-queue wait at its sites, 3.5-year, is the 7th-shortest of the group (national 4.2-year).

Across the five headline sub-scores, Texas is strongest relative to the nation on speed to power (71.6 vs 50.0 nationally) and weakest on water (45.8 vs 72.3). Power and speed to power carry 20% of the score each, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

Which counties in Texas have the most datacenter sites?

Harris County (348 sites, average 57.3), Dallas County (308 sites, average 61.3), and Tarrant County (289 sites, average 59.4) hold the largest inventories. Together the top 3 account for 14% of the state's scored sites. Rockwall County has the highest average score among counties with at least 10 sites (62.6/100). 234 counties have five or more scored sites and their own county page.

What kinds of sites and grid regions are in Texas?

Substation-Adjacent parcels are the largest category (3,635, 53%), followed by greenfield (1,276) and industrial (963). Sites span 5 grid regions; ERCOT covers 59% of them.

By site type

By grid region

Average sub-score profile

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

Power availability
45.8
Speed-to-power
71.6
Fiber
71.3
Water
45.8
Hazard resilience
44.2

Top 25 datacenter sites in Texas

Ranked by DC Readiness.

Top datacenter sites in Texas
SiteTypeCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Aegle PowerBrownfieldCameron County138 kV1,282 MW3.5 yrs71.4
TXU Sweetwater Generating PlantBrownfieldNolan County—344 MW3.5 yrs71.2
LIGGETTSubstation-AdjacentDallas County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs70.1
ROANOKESubstation-AdjacentTarrant County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs70.1
WEST PLANOSubstation-AdjacentDallas County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs70.1
WEST LEVEESubstation-AdjacentDallas County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs70.1
DECKERSubstation-AdjacentTravis County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs70.0
UNKNOWN306290Substation-AdjacentDallas County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs70.0
CALAVERAS 345 SWITCHYARDSubstation-AdjacentBexar County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs70.0
UNKNOWN300342Substation-AdjacentDallas County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.9
UNKNOWN308812Substation-AdjacentCollin County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.9
ALLEN SWITCHINGSubstation-AdjacentCollin County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.9
Freeport EnergyBrownfieldBrazoria County138 kV776 MW3.5 yrs69.9
NORWOODSubstation-AdjacentDallas County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.9
UNKNOWN301639Substation-AdjacentDallas County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.8
EAGLE MOUNTAINSubstation-AdjacentTarrant County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.5
UNKNOWN307036Substation-AdjacentWebb County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.4
CARROLLTON FRANKFORDSubstation-AdjacentDenton County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.4
CAGNON ROADSubstation-AdjacentBexar County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.3
NORTHWEST CARROLLTONSubstation-AdjacentDallas County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.3
BEN DAVISSubstation-AdjacentRockwall County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.1
COPPELL SWITCHING STATIONSubstation-AdjacentDallas County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.1
SARGENT ROADSubstation-AdjacentDallas County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.0
LEWISVILLE SWITCHSubstation-AdjacentDenton County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs69.0
ARTHUR VON ROSENBERGSubstation-AdjacentBexar County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs68.9

Counties in Texas

234 counties with five or more scored sites.

Harris County348 · 57.3Dallas County308 · 61.3Tarrant County289 · 59.4Travis County203 · 59.8El Paso County172 · 54.5Bexar County166 · 61.7Galveston County94 · 52.3Orange County92 · 51.7Jefferson86 · 50.5Hidalgo County85 · 60.6Nueces County85 · 60.3McLennan County84 · 59.7Denton County83 · 61.0Lubbock County82 · 58.0Williamson County78 · 57.3Brazoria County77 · 58.4Cameron County75 · 59.5Montgomery74 · 57.6Hunt County71 · 54.9Collin County66 · 61.3Chambers County63 · 54.7Fort Bend County61 · 61.4Gregg56 · 54.5Webb County55 · 59.7Bowie County52 · 52.6Wise County49 · 56.2Brazos County48 · 56.6Johnson48 · 59.2Victoria43 · 57.7Ellis County42 · 59.3Taylor County42 · 59.3Wichita County42 · 57.6Harrison41 · 55.1Nolan County41 · 57.7Bell County40 · 58.2Frio39 · 54.3Liberty County39 · 52.4Robertson County39 · 54.9Yoakum County39 · 52.9Hood County38 · 56.4Rockwall County38 · 62.6Gaines37 · 53.5Potter County37 · 59.1Rusk County37 · 55.9Milam36 · 54.3Parker36 · 57.4Grayson County35 · 57.0Guadalupe County35 · 59.9Hockley County35 · 55.9Tom Green County35 · 56.3Comal County33 · 59.7Medina County33 · 57.3Midland County33 · 53.6Lamb County32 · 56.6Mitchell County32 · 58.0Titus County32 · 55.0Ward County32 · 54.4Wood County32 · 54.5Hale County31 · 54.4Wharton31 · 57.2Hutchinson County30 · 55.6Pecos County30 · 50.0Upton County30 · 52.1Ector County28 · 55.7Fayette County28 · 56.1Limestone County28 · 48.2Starr County28 · 57.7Nacogdoches27 · 53.2San Patricio County27 · 58.7Smith County27 · 55.6Hays County26 · 58.8Howard County26 · 55.3Randall County26 · 59.6San Saba County26 · 52.1Scurry County26 · 57.9Navarro County25 · 55.8Angelina County24 · 55.8Freestone24 · 56.6Kaufman County24 · 59.1Llano24 · 53.2Runnels County24 · 51.9Burnet County23 · 54.5Grimes23 · 58.5Bastrop County22 · 56.9Karnes County22 · 54.2Morris22 · 56.0Winkler County22 · 53.4Cooke County21 · 57.4Floyd County21 · 50.1Gillespie County21 · 50.6Maverick County21 · 50.4Moore County21 · 55.3Coryell County20 · 55.4Henderson County20 · 56.7Hill County20 · 55.3Jones County20 · 54.4Palo Pinto County20 · 54.3Somervell County20 · 56.5Anderson County19 · 58.0Atascosa County19 · 57.0Montague County19 · 54.7Colorado County18 · 54.1Kendall County18 · 56.4Matagorda County18 · 56.3Polk County18 · 54.1Uvalde County18 · 53.9Eastland County17 · 53.4Gonzales County17 · 57.2Hardin County17 · 52.5Hopkins County17 · 57.4Kerr County17 · 52.8Terry County17 · 55.0Van Zandt County17 · 55.8Wilbarger17 · 56.1Carson County16 · 58.7Cherokee County16 · 57.0Coke County16 · 53.7Franklin County16 · 54.7Lynn County16 · 55.4Bosque County15 · 56.3Calhoun County15 · 57.0Crane County15 · 52.4Fannin County15 · 58.4Glasscock County15 · 52.8Gray County15 · 55.2Washington County15 · 53.7Duval County14 · 53.4La Salle County14 · 52.3Live Oak County14 · 53.1Loving County14 · 50.6Marion County14 · 56.1Martin County14 · 54.2Parmer County14 · 54.0Rains County14 · 56.3Waller County14 · 58.1Young County14 · 55.0Andrews County13 · 51.4Camp County13 · 55.0Cass County13 · 54.7Deaf Smith County13 · 53.9Jasper County13 · 53.2Lamar County13 · 57.2Leon County13 · 54.4Reeves County13 · 54.2Swisher County13 · 54.3Willacy County13 · 61.5Wilson County13 · 59.9Erath County12 · 57.1Falls County12 · 50.4Jackson County12 · 56.1Kleberg County12 · 57.3Lampasas County12 · 53.7Ochiltree County12 · 54.2Red River12 · 53.4Sabine County12 · 49.6Upshur County12 · 54.3Brown County11 · 56.0Caldwell County11 · 58.1Culberson County11 · 49.1Hamilton County11 · 51.8Houston County11 · 53.0Oldham County11 · 51.8Reagan County11 · 53.3Schleicher County11 · 53.4Aransas County10 · 56.4Austin County10 · 57.2Borden County10 · 54.5Castro County10 · 57.0Clay County10 · 59.4DeWitt County10 · 54.2Garza County10 · 53.9Lee County10 · 57.1Panola County10 · 52.4Shackelford County10 · 52.9Shelby County10 · 54.9Stephens County10 · 51.9Trinity10 · 52.2Zavala County10 · 53.0Bailey County9 · 52.9Bee County9 · 53.4Blanco County9 · 54.7Cochran County9 · 53.0Comanche County9 · 55.9Crockett County9 · 49.5Crosby County9 · 55.2Jack County9 · 56.7Kimble County9 · 51.0Kinney County9 · 56.3Mason County9 · 51.9San Jacinto County9 · 55.5Tyler County9 · 53.8Wheeler County9 · 48.5Zapata County9 · 53.1Archer County8 · 57.6Coleman County8 · 56.6Dawson County8 · 54.9Fisher County8 · 52.9Jim Hogg County8 · 56.0Jim Wells County8 · 57.2McCulloch County8 · 53.6San Augustine County8 · 50.2Sterling County8 · 54.7Walker County8 · 54.3Bandera County7 · 56.2Brewster County7 · 47.7Dallam County7 · 53.7Dickens County7 · 55.0Dimmit County7 · 51.5Hansford County7 · 56.0Haskell County7 · 54.4McMullen County7 · 52.6Madison County7 · 55.3Presidio County7 · 50.9Val Verde County7 · 50.6Childress County6 · 58.5Concho County6 · 51.9Hemphill County6 · 52.0Hudspeth County6 · 47.1Irion County6 · 52.5Jeff Davis County6 · 52.4Knox County6 · 55.8Lavaca County6 · 57.2Mills County6 · 53.9Newton County6 · 55.0Refugio County6 · 56.3Sutton County6 · 53.1Burleson County5 · 52.4Callahan County5 · 56.3Cottle County5 · 55.8Delta County5 · 57.4Donley County5 · 53.6Hardeman County5 · 54.8Kenedy County5 · 58.5Sherman County5 · 54.6

Sites in Texas counties with fewer than five sites

64 scored sites sit in counties too small for a county page of their own.

Operating datacenters in Texas

268 operating datacenter facilities in Texas are on record, the 2nd-most of any state. Dallas has the largest cluster (21 facilities). The operators with the most facilities here are Digital Realty (18), Microsoft (16), CyrusOne (9). Footprints are recorded for 122 of them, totalling about 43.3 million square feet.

Dallas (21)

San Antonio (20)

Austin (15)

Houston (14)

Plano (12)

Allen (4)

Carrollton (3)

Irving (3)

El Paso (2)

Garland (2)

Katy (2)

Laredo (2)

McAllen (2)

Afton (1)

Amarillo (1)

Bryan (1)

College Station (1)

Corpus Christi (1)

Farmers Branch (1)

Goodnight (1)

Granbury (1)

Grapevine (1)

Harlingen (1)

Lewisville (1)

Lubbock (1)

Mansfield (1)

Midlothian (1)

Montgomery (1)

Pflugerville (1)

Shackelford County (1)

Spring (1)

Temple (1)

The Woodlands (1)

Waco (1)

Wichita Falls (1)

City not recorded (124)

Internet exchange and peering facilities in Texas

114 peering and colocation facilities in Texas are listed in PeeringDB. Dallas has the most (29). The best-connected facility hosts 168 networks; the median facility in the state hosts 4 networks.

Dallas (29)

Plano (8)

San Antonio (5)

McAllen (4)

Garland (2)

Laredo (2)

Amarillo (1)

Bryan (1)

College Station (1)

Corpus Christi (1)

El Paso (1)

Farmers Branch (1)

Grapevine (1)

Harlingen (1)

Irving (1)

Lewisville (1)

Montgomery (1)

Spring (1)

The Woodlands (1)

Waco (1)

Texas datacenter site selection FAQ

How many datacenter sites are in Texas?

GridCensus catalogs 6,839 scored datacenter candidate sites in Texas, with an average DC Readiness score of 56.4/100. That is the 4th-largest inventory of the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico.

How many operating datacenters are in Texas?

268 operating datacenter facilities in Texas are on record, the 2nd-most of any state. Dallas has the most (21). Digital Realty operates the most facilities in the state (18).

What is the average interconnection-queue wait in Texas?

Candidate sites in Texas average a 3.5-year interconnection-queue wait, with an average queue depth of 756 projects. The national average across all scored sites is 4.2-year, and Texas has the 7th-shortest average wait of the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico.

Which county in Texas has the most datacenter sites?

Harris County has the most scored candidate sites in Texas (348), followed by Dallas County (308) and Tarrant County (289). Among counties with at least 10 sites, Rockwall County has the highest average DC Readiness (62.6/100).

What kind of datacenter sites are most common in Texas?

Substation-Adjacent sites are the most common category in Texas (3,635 sites, 53% of the inventory), and most sites fall within the ERCOT grid region.

How many internet exchange facilities are in Texas?

114 peering and colocation facilities listed in PeeringDB are in Texas. Dallas has the most (29). The best-connected one hosts 168 networks.

Looking for a specific record? The directory lists every scored datacenter site in Texas, A to Z.

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About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published November 12, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “Datacenter candidate sites in Texas”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/texas (data as of November 12, 2026).

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

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