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<\/p>\nMicrosoft has filed plans to build a new data center in Castroville, Texas, a project that will\u00a0expand the tech giant\u2019s substantial data center footprint in and around San Antonio.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The project, first\u00a0reported by My San Antonio<\/a>,\u00a0consists of a standalone data center totaling nearly 200K SF and is estimated to\u00a0cost $400M. According to Microsoft<\/a>\u2019s filings with state regulators, construction is set to begin in August, although local media reports that construction equipment is already present on the site. The data center\u2019s target completion date is June 2028.\u00a0<\/p>\n While Castroville, around 10 miles west of San Antonio, is a small town with just 3,000 residents, the project will be Microsoft\u2019s fourth development in the town and its seventh in Medina County. The tech giant has established San Antonio as one of its major southwest hubs, with at least three additional campuses either in operation or in development just west of the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n But Microsoft isn\u2019t the only digital infrastructure giant expanding its presence in the Alamo City, which has emerged as one of the fastest-growing data center markets in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to JLL<\/a>\u00a0data\u00a0published last summer<\/a>, the San Antonio-Austin market grew by close to 500% since 2020 \u2014 an explosion of growth that trailed only Columbus, Ohio, in its speed and scale. As of August, the market has 921 megawatts of total inventory, with 341 MW under construction and 1,358 MW in its planning pipeline.\u00a0<\/p>\n Beyond Microsoft\u2019s planned Castroville facility, several major projects have joined that development pipeline since the start of this year.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, HC Capital Partners and Herrmann Family Cos.\u00a0unveiled plans<\/a>\u00a0for Energy Ranch, a gas-powered data center campus spanning\u00a0more than 1,500 acres about\u00a060 miles south of San Antonio. Meanwhile,\u00a0Amazon<\/a> announced this week<\/a> that\u00a0it is planning\u00a0an $88M expansion of its San Antonio data center, adding 132K SF.<\/p>\n