Element Critical Houston HOU1 is a data center operated by Element Critical, LLC in Katy, TX, US. The facility is currently active. It sits in the Midland–Odessa data-center market on the ERCOT grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates BUILD, with an estimated 9.6-month time-to-power. For operators evaluating new capacity, this market screens favorably — grid headroom and interconnection timelines are comparatively strong.