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description: Is Austin a good data center market for power? DCPI verdict CAUTION, score 42.8/100 (ERCOT), as of 2026-11-12. 107 MW tracked across all listings, unverified included (as of 2026-11-07). Grid, queue and deal context for 300+ markets.
title: "Austin data centers: power, grid and capacity | DC Hub"
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# Austin data center market

Power availability in Austin: DCPI verdict CAUTION, composite score 42.8 of 100, as of 2026-11-12. Source: DC Hub.

Data Center Market Deep-Dive · 230 words · generated 2026-11-07 from live DC Hub data · DCPI live as of 2026-11-12

**Question this page answers:** How much power is available in the Austin data center market?

**Answer it live over MCP:** `execute_plan(intent="how much power is available in the Austin market for a data center")`

**Cite as:** DC Hub (dchub.cloud), as of [the as_of date on the result].

DCPI Score**42.8/100**

MW, all listings**107**sum of the sites that report MW; most do notany status, unverified listings included

Verdict**CAUTION**

## Austin at a glance

Austin has 107 MW operational among the verified sites DC Hub lists that report capacity, as of 2026-11-12. By listed capacity the largest operators are Switch (40 MW), Stream Data Centers (35 MW) and Tallgrass Energy (20 MW).

Capacity by status, as of 2026-11-12

| Status | MW |
| --- | --- |
| Operational | 107 |
| Total listed | 107 |

Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), facility records as of 2026-11-12. Verified sites that report MW only; blank means no MW reported. The "MW, all listings" tile above is a wider measure (every tracked site that reports MW, any status, unverified directory listings included), so it is larger than Total listed.

## Colocation lease rates in Austin

Broker lease rates (CBRE/JLL): available on paid plans. Asking base rent per kW of critical IT capacity. Electricity is normally billed separately (metered pass-through), plus cross-connects and one-time fees. Signed deals, term and size change the number. Source: CBRE North America Data Center Trends H1 2026 (250+ kW): Austin-San Antonio (combined market) (figure on paid plans) [(link)](https://www.cbre.com/insights/books/north-america-data-center-trends-h1-2026)

Enzu operates the largest footprint with four facilities, followed by CenturyLink Austin and DataBank each with four and three sites respectively. The market has attracted sustained development interest, evidenced by a 1 GW data center project advancing near Austin and a proposed 664-acre data center campus in Taylor, Texas, which municipal authorities are evaluating for annexation and zoning approval.

This combination signals meaningful friction in power procurement pathways.

No recent deals have been tracked in Austin's operator ecosystem. The market shows active development pipelines—a fully-leased Lumen-occupied facility is marketed for sale, and a newly-formed data center supplier is actively searching for Austin real estate—but these activities have not yet generated transaction records. Operator consolidation remains modest; the top three operators control eleven of the tracked facilities, leaving significant portfolio distribution across smaller holders and new entrants.

Power access will remain the primary variable shaping Austin's near-term supply trajectory.

## Data centers in Austin

| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Switch AUSTIN](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/switch-switch-austin-2d10cb3e) | Switch | Operational | 40 |
| [Stream Austin](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/stream-data-centers-stream-austin-b199fc5c) | Stream Data Centers | Operational | 35 |
| [Tallgrass Austin DC](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/tallgrass-energy-tallgrass-austin-dc-57c35e07) | Tallgrass Energy | Operational | 20 |
| [LightEdge Austin](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/lightedge-lightedge-austin-f76522f1) | LightEdge | Operational | 12 |
| [Alpheus Austin (1905 E. 6th Street)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/alpheus-communications-alpheus-austin-1905-e-6th-street-1aed32ff) | Alpheus Communications | Operational |  |
| [CyrusOne Austin (Met 3)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/cyrusone-inc-cyrusone-austin-met-3-889ec76f) | CyrusOne Inc. | Operational |  |
| [CyrusOne Austin TX](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/cyrusone-cyrusone-austin-tx-510887bb) | CyrusOne | Operational |  |
| [Digital Realty AUS11 - Austin](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/digital-realty-digital-realty-aus-7500-metro-center-dr-2a689710) | Digital Realty | Operational |  |
| [Element Critical](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/element-critical-element-critical-2a4a9428) |  | Operational |  |
| [Flexential Austin TX](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/flexential-flexential-austin-tx-da0c313f) | Flexential | Operational |  |
| [Level(3) Austin (Kramer)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/lumen-technologies-level3-austin-kramer-a8a17efc) | Lumen Technologies | Operational |  |
| [LightEdge Austin 1 (AUS1)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/lightedge-solutions-lightedge-austin-1-aus1-c5c629ca) | LightEdge Solutions | Operational |  |
| [Thin-nology](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/thin-nology-thin-nology-cd9626cf) |  | Operational |  |

Largest first by reported MW (blank where not reported). Unverified directory listings are not shown.

Browse every data center in [Texas](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/in/us/texas).

## More on Austin

- [Austin DCPI score](https://dchub.cloud/dcpi/austin)
- [Austin market brief](https://dchub.cloud/markets/austin/brief)
- [Texas data center market brief](https://dchub.cloud/states/texas/brief)
- [Texas data center tax incentives](https://dchub.cloud/states/texas/data-center-incentives)

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