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Austin Data Centers
Austin metro's data center substrate has scaled rapidly since approximately 2021 to become one of the most rapidly-growing US data center markets. The metro's combined operational, construction, and announced capacity through 2030 substantially exceeds 8 gigawatts across multiple major buildouts plus continued hyperscale and AI-focused operator concentration. Williamson County in eastern Austin metro hosts the densest concentration via the Samsung Oncor Effect: Samsung's $40 billion Taylor advanced semiconductor manufacturing campus drove Oncor (Texas's largest electric utility) to build major transmission infrastructure across eastern Williamson County, which subsequently opened the door for hyperscale data center operators that need reliable multi-hundred-megawatt power access. Major Williamson County buildouts include Meta's Temple campus, Skybox/Prologis Hutto Megasite, broader Hutto/Taylor/Georgetown corridor, plus continued continued hyperscale buildout.
Austin metro's specific position within the broader Texas data center substrate is structurally distinctive precisely because of the metro's continued operator-anchored substrate growth pattern. The Samsung Oncor Effect transmission infrastructure, the broader Tesla Giga Texas substrate, the broader Austin AI-Industrial buildout supports continued continued data center operator concentration at scales structurally distinct from DFW (the established 248-facility / 71-operator US second-largest market) and Houston (the enterprise-and-industrial substrate).
Austin Data Center and Colocation Operators
| Company | Location | Primary Categories |
|---|---|---|
| 365 Data Centers | Austin metro | Edge Colocation, Network Services |
| Aligned Data Centers | Austin metro | Wholesale Colocation, Hyperscale |
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Austin metro | Hyperscale Cloud Infrastructure |
| CloudBurst Data Centers (Evolve San Marcos I) | San Marcos (Hays County) | Hyperscale (1.2 GW behind-the-meter natural gas) |
| Cologix | Austin metro | Interconnection, Network-Dense Colocation |
| Compass Datacenters | Austin metro | Wholesale, Build-to-Suit |
| CoreSite (American Tower) | Austin metro | Network-Dense Colocation, Cloud Onramps |
| CoreWeave | Austin metro | AI Infrastructure, GPU Cloud |
| Crusoe Energy Systems | Austin metro | AI Infrastructure, Stranded-Energy Compute |
| CyrusOne | Austin metro (Round Rock, broader expansion) | Wholesale Colocation, Hyperscale |
| DataBank | Austin metro | Edge Colocation, Enterprise |
| Digital Realty | Austin metro | Wholesale Colocation, Hyperscale |
| EdgeConneX | Austin metro | Edge Data Centers, Network Infrastructure |
| Equinix (DA1, broader Austin facilities) | Austin (downtown), broader metro | Retail Colocation, Interconnection |
| Flexential | Austin metro | Hybrid IT, High-Density Colocation |
| Google Cloud Platform | Austin metro | Hyperscale Cloud Infrastructure |
| H5 Data Centers | Austin metro | Wholesale Colocation |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Austin metro | Enterprise Compute, Cloud Infrastructure |
| Horizon TACC (UT Austin / Sabey Data Centers) | Round Rock (Sabey campus) | NSF Academic Supercomputing, AI Research |
| Iron Mountain Data Centers | Austin metro | Wholesale Colocation, Compliance-Focused |
| Lumen Technologies | Austin metro | Network Infrastructure, Cloud Services |
| Meta Platforms (Temple Datacenter Campus) | Temple (Bell County, Williamson County corridor extension) | Hyperscale Cloud Infrastructure |
| Microsoft Azure | Austin metro | Hyperscale Cloud Infrastructure |
| Nautilus Data Technologies | Austin metro | Liquid Cooling, AI Infrastructure |
| NTT Global Data Centers | Austin metro | Hyperscale, Wholesale Colocation |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Austin (HQ following 2020 relocation) | Hyperscale Cloud Infrastructure |
| Prime Data Centers | Austin metro | Wholesale Colocation |
| QTS Realty Trust (Blackstone) | Austin metro | Hyperscale, Wholesale Colocation |
| Sabey Data Centers | Round Rock | Wholesale Colocation, Academic Compute (TACC) |
| Skybox Datacenters / Prologis | Hutto (Williamson County) | Hyperscale Megasite (~600 MW prospective) |
| Stream Data Centers | Austin metro | Wholesale Colocation, Hyperscale |
| Switch (Vantage) | Austin metro | Hyperscale, Wholesale Colocation |
| T5 Data Centers | Austin metro | Wholesale Colocation, Build-to-Suit |
| Tesla AI Data Center (Cortex 1, Cortex 2) | Giga Texas (Travis County) | Captive AI Training Infrastructure |
| TierPoint | Austin metro | Hybrid IT, Multi-Tenant Colocation |
| Tract Capital Management | Caldwell County (1,515-acre, 2 GW campus) | Land Banking, Hyperscale Development |
| Vantage Data Centers | Austin metro | Hyperscale Wholesale Colocation |
| Vapor IO | Austin (HQ) | Edge Computing, Network Infrastructure |
| Verizon Network Operations | Austin metro | Network Infrastructure, Edge Compute |
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