Data Center Registry
Skybox Houston One
Katy, Harris County, Texas · All 2 Skybox Datacenters sites
Skybox Houston One is an operating data center in Katy, Texas (Harris County), operated by Skybox Datacenters. The public record puts it at 26 MW operating, 20 acres.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Skybox Datacenters
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use mixed
- Location
- Katy, Harris County, TX
- Coordinates
- 29.8029, -95.7553
- Power capacity
- 26 MW operating
- Land
- 20 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- CenterPoint Energy (ERCOT)
- Power source
- Grid
- 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 August 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Skybox Houston One in Katy, Harris 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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Power and water
Grid-fed, no on-site generation found. Facility (20-acre private campus) is served by a loop-fed 300-400 MVA substation with dual A/B feeds via underground utility service (Premium Rollover Service), a resiliency/distribution design, not a generation asset.
Notes on the record
26MW, 96,129 SF, 20-acre campus at 22000 Franz Rd, Katy TX. Page explicitly describes it as home to some of the world's densest HPC compute environments serving oil & gas and cloud/HPC users, with DoubleDense cooling up to 1000W/SF immersion, real HPC evidence, so aiClassification=likely. AI/HPC (mixed_use): Skybox markets Houston as home to some of the world's densest HPC environments with DoubleDense immersion cooling up to 1000 W/PSF; its own news page confirms a named Skybox Houston I HPC immersion deployment (Shell Energy).
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 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.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Skybox Houston One data center in Katy?
Nothing on record as of August 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Skybox Houston One in Katy, Harris 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 Skybox Houston One data center?
No lawsuit over Skybox Houston One 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 Skybox Houston One use?
No water withdrawal figure for Skybox Houston 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 Skybox Houston One, and how big is it?
Skybox Datacenters is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 26 MW. The site is recorded at 20 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Skybox Houston One," updated August 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/skybox-houston-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/skybox-houston-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.Skybox Datacenters official facility page · Skybox Datacenters · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 2.OpenStreetMap way/714776107 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 3.GRC, Shell's Skybox Houston One Data Center (immersion cooling case study) · retrieved July 24, 2026
- 4.Baxtel, Skybox Houston One Data Center (substation/power infrastructure specs) · Baxtel · retrieved July 24, 2026 · original offline, archived copy from February 27, 2024
- 5.Skybox Houston I, operator location page (26 MW, 96,129 SF, 20-acre private campus) · Skybox Datacenters · retrieved August 26, 2026
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