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Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas)

Austin, Travis County, Texas

Under constructionNo reception on recordAI confirmedRecord updated September 21, 2026

Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas) is a data center under construction in Austin, Texas (Travis County), operated by Tesla. The public record puts it at 500 MW planned.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Tesla
Facility type
Data center, AI use confirmed
Location
Austin, Travis County, TX
Coordinates
30.2223, -97.6171 (approximate)
Power capacity
500 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative
Power source
Mixed
On site generation
30 MW
Cooling
Evaporative
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 September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas) 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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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Power and water

Grid power from Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative (Giga Texas sits in unincorporated Travis County within Bluebonnet's, not Austin Energy's, service territory) is the primary supply, but Tesla has built genuine on-site generation and storage that make this a defining mixed story.

Notes on the record

Dedicated, purpose-built AI training data center on the north side of Tesla's Giga Texas campus (unincorporated Travis County), separate from and adjacent to the original Cortex cluster. Trains neural networks for Full Self-Driving and the Optimus robot program; uses Nvidia GPUs. First ~250 MW targeted online with a full ~500 MW buildout targeted mid-2026; construction began early 2025. Coordinate is the Giga Texas campus point; Cortex 2.0 is a specific building on that campus.

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
  • Land area
  • How the community has received 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.
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.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas) data center in Austin?

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas) 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 Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas) data center?

No lawsuit over Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas) 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 Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as evaporative, 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 Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas), and how big is it?

Tesla is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 500 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Tesla Cortex 2.0 AI Training Cluster (Giga Texas)," updated September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/tesla-cortex-2-giga-texas-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/tesla-cortex-2-giga-texas-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. 1.Cortex 2.0: Tesla's new supercomputer at Giga Texas · Interesting Engineering · retrieved July 14, 2026
  2. 2.A Look at Tesla's New AI Training Center at Giga Texas · Not a Tesla App · retrieved July 14, 2026
  3. 3.Tesla FSD Cortex AI supercluster running at full capacity, confirms Musk · Tesla Oracle · retrieved September 21, 2026
  4. 4.Gigafactory Texas, location (unincorporated Travis County, Austin) · Wikipedia · retrieved July 14, 2026
  5. 5.Tesla Adds Megapacks for Its Next-Generation Supercomputer (Cortex 2) · retrieved July 24, 2026
  6. 6.Tesla's Giga Texas to Have World's Largest Rooftop Solar Installation (30MW) · retrieved July 24, 2026

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