{"id":257898,"date":"2026-04-20T13:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/257898\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:29:09","slug":"how-many-data-centers-in-texas-hill-country-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/257898\/","title":{"rendered":"How many data centers in Texas Hill Country?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many Texas Hill Country residents, the region\u2019s rolling hills, sweeping views and remote ranch lands are central to its identity \u2014 and a heritage they want to preserve.<\/p>\n<p>But in recent years, tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon have increasingly challenged that vision, building more than 100 water-reliant data centers between Austin and San Antonio alone. The projects collectively receive more than<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/business\/article\/texas-data-centers-tax-break-22195271.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> $1 billion in tax breaks<\/a> each year and have sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/business\/article\/san-marcos-data-center-21333016.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">community backlash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacentermap.com\/usa\/texas\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to DataCenterMap<\/a>, a site that has tracked facilities since 2007, there are 444 registered data centers across Texas, with major clusters in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston.<\/p>\n<p>In the Hill Country corridor between Austin and San Antonio, the concentration is especially high.<\/p>\n<p>Per the map, there are 62 data centers in the San Antonio metro and another 62 in the Austin area. A total of 124 facilities flanked across the rapidly expanding region, heavily reliant on natural resources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In San Antonio, many data centers are clustered on to the west of the city in Medina County, particularly near Castroville.<\/p>\n<p>In the Austin metro, data centers line the Interstate 35 corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Some Central Texas communities have pushed back on new projects, but development across the region continues to expand.<\/p>\n<p>Data centers require massive amounts of water to keep servers cool, especially in hot climates like Texas.<\/p>\n<p>A January 2026 study from the Houston Advanced Research Center estimates the state\u2019s data center boom could soak up to 161 billion gallons of water annually by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The report called data centers the&#8221;physical backbone of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and modern commerce,&#8221; while also calling them one of the &#8220;world\u2019s most resource-intensive industries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though, there may be some conflicting numbers, the <a href=\"https:\/\/comptroller.texas.gov\/taxes\/data-centers\/data-center-lists.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Comptroller&#8217;s Office shows<\/a> there are just over 100 overall &#8220;qualifying&#8221; data center projects in Texas. That number may not include the numerous data center cell sites inside of individual data parks.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For many Texas Hill Country residents, the region\u2019s rolling hills, sweeping views and remote ranch lands are central&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[821,1113,820,82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-257898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-mysabusiness","9":"tag-mysahillcountry","10":"tag-mysastaff","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","13":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}