Texas Cryptologic Center is a data center operated by National Security Agency in San Antonio, TX, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the San Antonio data-center market on the ERCOT grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 62.4-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
Data Center Power Index verdict for San Antonio — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on San Antonio — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
San Antonio's data center market comprises 81 tracked facilities totaling 1,797 MW, with Microsoft commanding the largest footprint at 12 sites, followed by CyrusOne, Unknown operators, and Vantage Data Centers at 9, 9, and 4 facilities respectively. The market's excess-power score of 64/100 indicates meaningful available capacity, though this abundance is tempered by a constraint score of 59/100—a mid-range reading that signals emerging bottlenecks in grid infrastructure, real estate availability, or interconnection pathways. The DCPI verdict of CAUTION warrants selective rather than aggressive deployment. For buyers, this dual signal means excess capacity exists to absorb new supply, but operational frictions are intensifying. The constraint component suggests that aggressive expansion will face headwinds—whether transmission limitations, land scarcity, or permitting delays—that could…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 33 operating generating units totalling 5,472 MW within about 50 km of San Antonio, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
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