Data Center Registry

Core Scientific Austin Data Center (Austin 1)

Austin, Travis County, Texas · All 10 Core Scientific sites

OperatingNo reception on recordAI confirmedRecord updated September 21, 2026

Core Scientific Austin Data Center (Austin 1) is an operating data center in Austin, Texas (Travis County), operated by Core Scientific. The public record puts it at 200 MW planned, 38 acres.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator: Core Scientific
Facility type: Data center, AI use confirmed
Location: Austin, Travis County, TX
Coordinates: 30.2140, -97.6220 (approximate)
Power capacity: 16 MW operating; 200 MW planned
Land: 38 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Closed loop
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: No reception on record
Source confidence: Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

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.

June 3, 2024
Operating
Formerly a Hewlett Packard hosting/HPC facility; Core Scientific delivered the initial 16MW CoreWeave contract more than 30 days ahead of schedule (2024), then expanded via the June 2024 ~200MW hosting agreement. Source: BusinessWire

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Core Scientific Austin Data Center (Austin 1) in Austin, Travis County, Texas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
How the community has received it
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
How the community has received it: Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Core Scientific Austin Data Center (Austin 1) in Austin?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Core Scientific Austin Data Center (Austin 1)?

No lawsuit over Core Scientific Austin Data Center (Austin 1) appears in the record we track as of September 21, 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 Core Scientific Austin Data Center (Austin 1) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Core Scientific Austin Data Center (Austin 1) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Core Scientific Austin Data Center (Austin 1), and how big is it?

Core Scientific is the operator on record. We hold 10 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 200 MW. The site is recorded at 38 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Core Scientific Austin Data Center (Austin 1)," updated September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/core-scientific-austin-tx.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/core-scientific-austin-tx, retrieved October 29, 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.Core Scientific to Provide Approximately 200 MW of Infrastructure to Host CoreWeave's High-Performance Computing Services · BusinessWire · retrieved August 3, 2026
2.Data Center Austin TX | High-Density Infrastructure · Core Scientific (operator site) · retrieved August 3, 2026
3.Core Scientific Austin Data Center | 3301 Hibbetts Rd · DataCenterMap · retrieved September 21, 2026

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