AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas
February 13, 2025
Austin
Alpheus Communication's Austin Data Center is a unique, world-class data facility strategically positioned east of Austin's central business district. Located on East 6th Street, it features a multiple carrier Internet backbone, dual backup power supplies, several gigabits of local loop to the Internet, state-of-the-art environmental controls, and numerous security systems.
The Austin data center features dual power service, 2,000 KVA transformers and a back-up diesel generator. Space is available for additional transformers to accommodate tenant's specific power requirements along with secure pad sites for additional generators.
Key Features
. Fully redundant HVAC system
. Dry pipe fire suppression with heat and smoke detection
. Industrial grade reinforced floors
. Controlled temperature and humidity
. 24x7x365 critical monitoring/disaster prevention
. 24x7x365 secure access
. Covered Loading Dock
. Hands on support
The data center has an on-site 2000 KW diesel generator, redundant facility class UPS systems, and battery backup. The electrical system capacity is 3000 AMP AC @ 480 Volts and 10,000 AMP -48 Volt DC plant with a current load of approximately 30%.
Environmental systems include pre-action fire suppression and HVAC, is engineered to N+1 standards utilizing independent condensers for each 30 ton CRAC unit. Security includes EROX card reader access, monitored by the Alpheus NOC 24x7x365. Customer may choose locking cabinets or locking cages to segregate their systems from other colocation customers. Private data suites are available, built to suit.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.10 miles | Lumen Austin 3 (500 Chicon) |
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| 1.39 miles | DPO: Texas |
Digital Power Optimization partners with Schneider for data centers at Texas wind farms.
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| 2.03 miles | Verizon: 2100 HWY 35 |
Former XO Communications site
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| 2.12 miles | University of Texas: Austin |
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) on the Austin campus hosts a 26,000 sq ft Tier III data center.
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| 2.60 miles | American Tower: Austin |
In 2020, Communications infrastructure company American Tower launched its Edge data center in Austin, Texas.
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| 3.27 miles | LightEdge Austin1 Montopolis |
OnRamp Staffs the site 24/7/365
Power Densities up to 30kW / Rack
Outside of 100 year and 500 Year Flood Plains
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| 3.28 miles | Lumen Austin 4 | |
| 3.38 miles | Crypto Mining Data Center Request Dataset |
In 2024, Core Scientific acquired this facility in Austin, Texas. The site was formerly used to house Hewlett Packard's hosting business, including high-performance computing.
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| 3.40 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
CoreWeave has secured an 8-year lease agreement with Core Scientific for a 118,000 square feet of compute space at 3301 Hibbetts Road in Austin, Texas.
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| 3.48 miles | CyrusOne Austin I |
Also known as the Austin Met Center. CyrusOne has announced that this facility will close. Customers will be moved to other CyrusOne sites in Austin.
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| 3.49 miles | Switch: Austin 1 (ADC) |
Operated since 2003.
Austin 1 is located on the Southeast side of Austin, on Data Foundry’s Disaster Recovery Campus.
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| 3.56 miles | 7620 Metro - Digital Realty |
The Digital facility is on 11.28 acres of land and features a 62,000-sq-ft building. The data center is full, with 100% of the space occupied with long-term lease tenants but there is additional land build another 135,000 sq ft facility.
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| 3.57 miles | 7401 E Ben White - Digital Realty |
7401 E. Ben White Blvd. is a three-building portfolio comprised of two single-story data centers and one single-story call center, which are located in southeast Austin.
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| 3.70 miles | Digital Realty: AUS11 |
The building has 75,000 gross square feet with a 30-foot clearance height capable of supporting two floors inside the building. The site has diverse underground electrical ductbanks from a nearby substations. The facility offers access to seven fiber optic providers in close proximity to the building
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| 3.95 miles | CyrusOne: Austin III |
CyrusOne's AUS3 data center is projected to be the company's largest facility in Austin, spanning 172,000 total square feet, which includes 120,000 square feet of colocation space (CSF) and over 25,000 square feet of Class A office space.
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| 4.07 miles | CyrusOne Austin II |
Supports 250 wpsf with the ability to support over 1,000 wpsf
Raised Floor: 48"
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| 4.07 miles | DataCanopy: Austin, TX |
Data Canopy's Austin, TX facility delivers exceptional connectivity and 100% power uptime within a state-of-the-art environment secured by industry-leading features.
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| 4.18 miles | Switch: Smith School Rd |
Switch Inc. reportedly intends to build a 300,000-square-foot (27,870 sqm) data center alongside a new Austin Energy substation.
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| 4.24 miles | LightEdge Austin2 Burleson |
The site was formerly operated by OnRamp before being acquired in July 2018.
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| 4.30 miles | Switch: Texas 1 |
Built in 2011, Texas 1 resides on the Data Ranch. The 40-acre campus has plenty of expansion capability. The campus can grow to over 1 million sqft and 100 MW of power.
The first phase of Data Foundry's Texas 2 site was opened in 2018.
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| 4.30 miles | Switch: Texas 2 |
2nd building on the former Data Foundry Campus
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| 4.50 miles | Lumen Austin 1 (4207 Smith School) | |
| 5.85 miles | Element Critical Austin |
In 2021, Element Critical acquired the building from vXchnge.
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| 6.93 miles | Tesla: Austin Dojo |
Data center is reportedly on the South Side of the massive Tesla Gigafactory.
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| 9.73 miles | Verizon: 11501 Domain |
Formerly an XO site
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| 12.38 miles | DataBank Austin AUS1 |
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| 12.51 miles | EdgeConneX: Austin AUS01 |
Located in the tech-forward Cedar Creek area of Bastrop County, EdgeConneX AUS01 is the high-performance anchor of a massive new data center campus.
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| 12.79 miles | EdgeConneX: AUS03 |
This facility is part of the EdgeConneX data center campus in Bastrop, Texas.
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| 12.94 miles | EdgeConneX: AUS02 |
The upcoming AUS02 facility is designed as a massive two-story structure, set to encompass 578,000 square feet (approximately 54,000 square meters) of high-density data center space.
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| 13.00 miles | EdgeConneX: AUS04 |
This facility is part of the EdgeConneX data center campus in Bastrop, Texas.
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| 15.51 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon operates a data center in the Round Rock area of Austin, Texas.
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| 15.95 miles | Switch Austin "The Rock" |
First announced in 2021, Switch's 'The Rock' data center in Texas will span 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sqm), and was first approved by the local council in July 2021. The campus is on land adjacent to a number of Dell-owned facilities in Round Rock, Texas.
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| 16.00 miles | Switch: Round Rock East Campus |
Switch is constructing a new data center facility in Rock Round, Texas, located outside of Austin. The site spans 32.48 acres and is situated north of Louis Henna Boulevard and east of Greenlawn Boulevard in the Rock Round area.
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| 16.07 miles | Switch: 300 Dell Way |
Switch is building another data center in Round Rock on a plot east of South Mays Street and north of Dell Way. The data center will span 173,895 square feet of gross floor area.
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| 16.31 miles | Sabey Austin |
Sabey Austin is Sabey Data Centers' new purpose-built data center campus located at 1300 Louis Henna Blvd. The two-building campus, when complete, will offer 430,000 square feet of reliable colocation.
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| 16.37 miles | Skybox: Austin 2 |
Skybox and Prologis have developed a state-of-the-art data center at 2515 South Kenney Fort Boulevard in Pflugerville, representing a $548 million investment.
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| 16.42 miles | Skybox Austin |
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| 16.43 miles | Sabey: Austin 1B |
Sabey Data Centers has begun construction on the second building at its Austin, Texas campus.
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