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CloudBurst San Marcos GigaCenter

San Marcos, Hays County, Texas · All 2 CloudBurst Data Centers sites

Under constructionMixed receptionAI confirmedRecord updated August 26, 2026

CloudBurst San Marcos GigaCenter is a data center under construction in San Marcos, Texas (Hays County), operated by CloudBurst Data Centers. The public record puts it at announced November 2025, 1.2 GW planned, 706 acres, a reported $14.5 billion investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
CloudBurst Data Centers
Facility type
Data center, AI use confirmed
Location
San Marcos, Hays County, TX
Coordinates
29.8800, -97.9400
Power capacity
1.2 GW planned
Land
706 acres
Investment
$14.5 billion
Announced
November 2025
Utility
On-site natural gas (Energy Transfer Oasis Pipeline, up to 1.2 GW behind-the-meter)
Power source
On site gas
Cooling
Closed loop
Water use
0.024 million gallons a day, reported
Jobs
480 permanent
Public subsidy
Chapter 312 property-tax abatement, 10-year term (estimated ~$500M value), Guadalupe County, TX, 2026
Community reception
Mixed reception
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. November 2025
    Under construction
    Groundbreaking November 5, 2025 following development approvals and incentive agreements. First 50 MW phase targeted Q4 2026. Source: eVOLVE Inc.
  2. June 2025
    Proposed
    CloudBurst announces GigaCenter concept for Central Texas between Austin and San Antonio. Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to CloudBurst San Marcos GigaCenter in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Guadalupe County Commissioners approved 10-year tiered property tax abatement 3-2 on April 22, 2026.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Guadalupe County Commissioners approved 10-year tiered property tax abatement 3-2 on April 22, 2026. Concerns raised about reversal of renewables commitment.

Source: Data Center Dynamics

Power and water

10-year gas supply agreement with Energy Transfer Oasis Pipeline (up to 450,000 MMBtu/day, sufficient for approximately 1.2 GW per Energy Transfer). Developer reversed original pledge to use only renewables after signing gas contract. Three 400 MW phases planned.

24,000 gallons/day direct facility water use disclosed to county commissioners.

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Chapter 312 property-tax abatement, 10-year term (estimated ~$500M value)Not establishedGuadalupe County, TX2026

Notes on the record

706-acre campus spanning Hays and Guadalupe counties; coordinates use San Marcos city area as centroid. Developed with Evolve Holdings as construction manager. 10-12 hyperscale buildings totaling ~3 million sq ft planned. Tenant not publicly confirmed. Investment total not confirmed in available sources; $14.5B figure removed as unsupported. Guadalupe County commissioners rejected a $500M abatement 3-2 on Feb 24, 2026, then approved a revised abatement on April 21, 2026; county records peg total campus investment at $14.5B (Hays County, home to 77.5 of the 220 abated acres, took no abatement action).

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the CloudBurst San Marcos GigaCenter data center in San Marcos?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to CloudBurst San Marcos GigaCenter in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Guadalupe County Commissioners approved 10-year tiered property tax abatement 3-2 on April 22, 2026.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the CloudBurst San Marcos GigaCenter data center?

No lawsuit over CloudBurst San Marcos GigaCenter appears in the record we track as of August 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does CloudBurst San Marcos GigaCenter use?

0.024 million gallons a day is the reported figure on record. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop. 24,000 gallons/day direct facility water use disclosed to county commissioners.

Who operates CloudBurst San Marcos GigaCenter, and how big is it?

CloudBurst Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1.2 GW. The site is recorded at 706 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "CloudBurst San Marcos GigaCenter," updated August 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/cloudburst-san-marcos-tx.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/cloudburst-san-marcos-tx, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.CloudBurst breaks ground on gigawatt-scale data center campus in Texas · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.CloudBurst and Evolve break ground on 1.2 GW flagship AI campus in Central Texas · eVOLVE Inc. · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Cloudburst secures incentives for $14B central-Texas data center · The Real Deal · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Guadalupe County commissioners vote down $500M tax cut for proposed data center · Community Impact · retrieved July 6, 2026
  5. 5.706-acre data center approved for development outside San Antonio, Texas (Internet Archive snapshot of DCD) · Data Center Dynamics (via Internet Archive) · retrieved August 26, 2026

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