No project in Austin City, but 12 nearby
Who decides here: the City Council of Austin City votes on zoning. The Williamson County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Sabey Data Centers Austin campus (Round Rock)
Round Rock, Williamson County
🕒 July 2025: Sabey announced its second building, under construction.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 5 miles awayAmazon data center site (County Road 172, Round Rock)
Round Rock, Williamson County
149 acres · for Amazon Web Services
🕒 Dec 2023: Amazon sought a Planning and Zoning recommendation to annex and rezone the land, adding …
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 6 miles awaySwitch 'The Rock' data center campus (Round Rock)
Round Rock, Williamson County
🕒 Oct 26, 2023: Round Rock City Council unanimously rezoned 32.48 acres for a Switch data center.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 6 miles awaySkybox data center (Old Settlers Blvd and Kiphen Road, Round Rock)
Round Rock, Williamson County
30 acres
🕒 Nov 5, 2025: Round Rock Planning and Zoning Commission gave preliminary approval.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Built & runningabout 6 miles awaySkybox Austin data center campus (Pflugerville)
Pflugerville, Travis County
🕒 Nov 2023: State filing for Skybox Austin 2 in Pflugerville; construction set for Dec. 2023 to Oct.…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Status unclearabout 9 miles awayCosmos Technology Campus (former 3M site, Four Points, Austin)
Austin, Travis County
for SoftBank affiliate (Silver Bands 3)
🕒 Sept 2026: SEC filing showed about $1 billion in financing and a 15-year lease to a SoftBank affili…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Austin City. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
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⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Austin City: Pedernales Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Bluebonnet Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Austin Energy (run by the town) or Bartlett Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or City of Bartlett (not available) or Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (company).
In much of Texas you can pick who sells you power, but this company owns the power lines.
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Texas.