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5300 St. Georges Greeen

Industrial

Travis County, Texas · ERCOT

DC Readiness
56.2
Good / 100

At a glance

5300 St. Georges Greeen is an industrial datacenter candidate site in Travis County, Texas, scoring 56.2/100 DC Readiness — 192nd of 203 scored sites in the county. It sits in the ERCOT grid region and the AUSTIN ENERGY service territory, where interconnection has averaged 3.5 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

Nearest grid bottleneckSEA_AAT1 · 7 km (ERCOT)
UtilityAUSTIN ENERGYmunicipalmoderate to large load · terms ≥ 50 MW

Speed to power

Texas note: Since August 3, 2026, ERCOT has paused approvals to energize new datacenter and crypto-mining loads of 75 MW or more until a verification audit and a community impact review are complete; both reports are due to the Public Utility Commission of Texas by December 10, 2026. ERCOT speed-to-power scores here were set before the pause and do not reflect it. ERCOT board update.

Interconnection outlookConstrained
≈ 3.5 yrs typical interconnection wait

Deep queue and long historical waits — plan for a multi-year interconnection timeline and engage the utility early.

ISO / RTO regionERCOT
Queue depth1,169
Avg queue wait3.5 yrs
Recent queue wait3.5 yrs
Completion rate29%
Withdrawal rate71%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPLightEdge Austin 1 (AUS1)
IXP distance4.8 mi
Fiber providers18
Fiber coverage72.1%

Site characteristics

Site typeIndustrial

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintNone (0/100)
Water stress (WRI)Medium-High
Wetlands (NWI)—
Critical habitat—
Superfund nearby—
Hazard sub-score45/100

Location context

Nearest datacenterFlexential Austin
DC distance4.5 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Very High (55)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity11.24¢/kWh
Industrial electricity6.97¢/kWh
Cooling degree days2,600
Heating degree days1,800
Land price / acre$7,127

Regulatory climate

Favorablestate posture · as of 2026-08

No statewide moratorium, but since Aug 3, 2026 ERCOT has paused approvals to energize new datacenter and crypto loads ≥75 MW pending an audit due Dec 10, 2026. SB 6 adds large-load obligations above 75 MW.

DC tax incentiveYes
Large-load threshold≥ 75 MW

SB 6: loads ≥75 MW accept ERCOT emergency curtailment + contribute to interconnection cost.

Incentive detail: Chapter 313/Chapter 403 property tax abatements; Texas Enterprise Fund; no state income tax.

Site location

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This site + 8 nearby

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How does 5300 St. Georges Greeen compare with other sites in Travis County?

5300 St. Georges Greeen ranks 192nd of 203 scored candidate sites in Travis County. Its 56.2/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 59.8. It is roughly in line with the Texas average of 56.4 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.

Against the Texas average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (91 vs 71) and its weakest is power availability (30 vs 46). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is 5300 St. Georges Greeen to power, fiber and other datacenters?

The nearest located transmission bottleneck is SEA_AAT1 (ERCOT), 4 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is LightEdge Austin 1 (AUS1) at 4.8 miles. 18 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is Flexential Austin, 4.5 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at 5300 St. Georges Greeen?

At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Travis County "Very High".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
78
Fiber connectivity12%
91
Energy cost10%
50
Water risk7%
44
Natural hazard6%
45
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
80
Land / acreage3%
51
Construction cost3%
50
Gas pipeline2%
10
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
0

Nearby comparable sites

Other scored datacenter candidate sites in Travis County, ranked by DC Readiness.

Sites near 5300 St. Georges Greeen
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
DECKERSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs70.0
UNKNOWN304304Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs68.5
DESSAUSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs68.3
Grove LandfillBrownfield138 kV—3.5 yrs67.7
DUNLAPSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs67.6
AUSTROPSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs67.3
EC Near Domain Integrated Energy SystemGreenfield——3.5 yrs67.2
GARFIELDSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs67.0

5300 St. Georges Greeen: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of 5300 St. Georges Greeen?

5300 St. Georges Greeen scores 56.2/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated good. It ranks 192nd of 203 scored sites in Travis County. The Travis County average is 59.8 and the Texas average is 56.4.

Which electric utility serves 5300 St. Georges Greeen?

AUSTIN ENERGY (municipal) holds the retail service territory that contains the site.

What grid region is 5300 St. Georges Greeen in?

5300 St. Georges Greeen is in the ERCOT region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 3.5-year wait from queue request to operation.

How far is 5300 St. Georges Greeen from an internet exchange?

The nearest internet exchange facility is LightEdge Austin 1 (AUS1), about 4.8 miles away; 18 fiber providers report service at the location.

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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 October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “5300 St. Georges Greeen, Travis County, TX”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/texas/travis-county/5300-st-georges-greeen-81030afd (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Figures are screening estimates derived from public infrastructure data. Catalogued capacity reflects theoretical candidate capacity, not deliverable or committed interconnection. Confirm all values with the utility, ISO, and on-the-ground due diligence.

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