Amazon 'Bitter Blue' data center (Donop Road, San Antonio)
Also called: Bitter Blue
Amazon filed state plans for a two-story, roughly 120,000-square-foot data center called Bitter Blue at 12807 Donop Road on San Antonio's southeast side. It is estimated to cost about $65 million.
Where things stand: State filing lists construction from Dec. 2026 to Feb. 2029.
🕒 Latest update (March 2026): Amazon Data Services filed state plans for the Bitter Blue data center.
What we know
- 📍 Where12807 Donop Road, San Antonio, Bexar County
- 🏢 CompanyAmazon Data Services, Inc.
- 🏛️ Owned byAmazon
- 👤 Built forAmazon Web Services
- 💵 Cost$65 million
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What happened so far
- March 2026Amazon Data Services filed state plans for the Bitter Blue data center.
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
San Antonio is drafting development code changes for data centers. The draft would keep data centers 500 feet from homes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes and day cares, allow them only in industrial and commercial areas, and ban them downtown. The mayor proposed noise limits under 50 dBA by day and 45 dBA at night. A council vote was planned for October 15, 2026.
📌 Other
Three San Antonio council members asked for a pause on new data centers. At an August 25, 2026 meeting, most of the council instead backed city staff's plan to change the development code to limit where and how data centers are built. State law requires a three-month process before a city can pause building permits.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- AWS files to develop data centers in San Antonio, Texas · DatacenterDynamics · March 2026
- Amazon's 'Lavender Hill' Data Fortress Riles San Antonio's West Side · Hoodline · March 31, 2026
- Texas data centers map and list · Cleanview (tracker) · Oct 2026
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