Data Center Registry
Element Critical Austin One
Austin, Travis County, Texas · All 3 Element Critical sites
Element Critical Austin One is an operating data center in Austin, Texas (Travis County), operated by Element Critical. The public record puts it at 5 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Element Critical
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 8025 North Interstate Highway 35 Service Road, Austin, Travis County, TX
- Coordinates
- 30.3428, -97.6962
- Power capacity
- 5 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 23, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Element Critical Austin One 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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Notes on the record
Confirmed via operator's own official facility page and current brochure PDF (elementcritical.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/...). Address 8025 N Interstate Hwy 35, Austin, TX 78753. 5MW, 62,300 sq ft.
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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- 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.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- 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.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
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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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- Tract Caldwell Valley Technology Park · Uhland · Tract28 mi · Proposed · 2 GW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Element Critical Austin One data center in Austin?
Nothing on record as of July 23, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Element Critical Austin One 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.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Element Critical Austin One data center?
No lawsuit over Element Critical Austin One appears in the record we track as of July 23, 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 Element Critical Austin One use?
No water withdrawal figure for Element Critical Austin One is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Element Critical Austin One, and how big is it?
Element Critical is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 5 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Element Critical Austin One," updated July 23, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/element-critical-austin-one-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/element-critical-austin-one-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.Element Critical facility directory · Element Critical · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 2.OpenStreetMap way/384396017 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved July 22, 2026
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