Tech giants are continuing to choose Texas when it comes time to pick a project destination. One area of San Antonio has caught the attention of Amazon Data Services, which is planning to build another data center.
The company submitted a report detailing its plans through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) on Wednesday, March 25. The filing states that construction on a roughly 93,000 square-foot center will begin on the city’s Far Westside, near Castroville, in November of this year. Its exact address is listed as 2200 State Highway 211, a roadway notorious for traffic amid an increase in restaurants and retail.
Per the TDLR document, the data hub, named Lavender Hill, will be two stories high and host a single tenant. It should be fully built by September of 2028, according to the online record. It’s far from becoming the only one on this side of town. Microsoft already has several in operation in nearby Medina County. It also has a 245,000 square foot site planned for completion in 2029, just five miles away from Amazon’s forthcoming facility.
Communities closest to Lavender Hill are the Laderas neighborhood and the Redbird Ranch subdivision. Folks have been speaking out against new real estate on State Highway 211 for months, with commentary on a post about new DRB and Scott Felder homes especially drawing attention. Facebook user Margie’s Around Castroville shared the announcement in a post, which sparked opinions on the already-present congestion from residents.
“They need to stop road construction on the north and east sides and catch up with the explosive growth on the westside,” Harlingen native Kathy Cockrell responded. “It’s ridiculous.”
“We live near 211/90 and it takes my son in law almost one hour some mornings just to get to the Quik Trip exit next door,” another user, Sarah McLaury, wrote. “It’s ridiculous! They need to expand the roads before they build anything else!”
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has plans to reconstruct and widen U.S. 90 “from two to three 12-foot-wide mainlanes in each direction from Loop 1604 to SH 211,” according to its website. However, the process isn’t anticipated to begin until 2028.
Besides increased traffic, Texans have voiced worries over the resources it takes to power data centers. Modor Intelligence cites that North American centers used more than 1 trillion liters of water in 2025, with Amazon Web Services being a leader in that market. On its website, Amazon claims it has improved its water efficiency by 40 percent since 2021.
“We’re taking multiple steps to make our data centers operate more efficiently, including implementing our custom designed In-Row Heat Exchanger (IRHX)—a closed-loop liquid cooling system that is 20% more power efficient than off-the-shelf solutions while using 9% less water than fully air-cooled sites,” a company press release states.
MySA reached out to Amazon with a request for comment regarding its efforts toward sustainability.