Data Center Registry
HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site)
Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site) is a proposed data center in Lufkin, Texas (Angelina County), operated by HyperDataGrid. The public record puts it at 20 MW planned, 40 acres.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- HyperDataGrid
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Lufkin, Angelina County, TX
- Coordinates
- 31.3383, -94.7292 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 20 MW planned
- Land
- 40 acres
- 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
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.
- July 13, 2026ProposedCounty judge confirmed the project; land clearing begun.
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 8, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site) in Lufkin, Angelina 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
Sited on a former timber-mill parcel on Highway 103 West / Ben Dunn Road; land clearing underway, electrical and water agreements reportedly secured, ~12-month timeline to operational status. Closed-loop liquid, direct-to-chip cooling planned.
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
- 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.
- 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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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site) in Lufkin?
Nothing on record as of September 8, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site) in Lufkin, Angelina 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 HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site)?
No lawsuit over HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site) appears in the record we track as of September 8, 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 HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site) use?
No water withdrawal figure for HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site) 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 HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site), and how big is it?
HyperDataGrid is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 20 MW. The site is recorded at 40 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "HyperDataGrid Lufkin Data Center (Former Timber Mill Site)," updated September 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/hyperdatagrid-lufkin-angelina-county-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/hyperdatagrid-lufkin-angelina-county-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.HyperDataGrid plans data center on former timber mill site near Lufkin, Texas · US Data Center Projects · retrieved September 8, 2026
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