Power and the grid
Energized, size not disclosed
- CPS Energy grid (city-owned utility) Utility territorythe site is in CPS Energy territory (press); no service agreement or MW figure is public News report · Oct. 2026
Getting on the grid
- As a load on city-owned CPS Energy, the site has no state rate filing or grid-queue entry, and no service agreement is public. News report · Oct. 2026
- Amazon's Donop Road (Bitter Blue) and Potranco Road sites are separate San Antonio facilities; their filings do not apply here. Court filing · Feb. 2026
Permits checklist
1 checked, nothing on file
Records a campus like this normally leaves, and what we found.
- –Checked, nothing on file: Utility service or grid filing
What could slow it down
- WatchNo public power recordNo service agreement, filing or load figure exists for the site, so its size cannot be checked. see Permits
- WatchEasily confused with sibling sitesAmazon runs other San Antonio facilities under similar names, and their figures belong to them, not this building. Court filing · Feb. 2026
Money on record
$56M cost of the data-center building (press) (from 2021 planning documents). News report · Dec. 2021
What happened, and what is due
- Oct. 2020Site Amazon, under the code name Rockfish, buys the site from local developer Bitterblue, per a county deed (press) News report · Oct. 2020
- 2021Permits Planning documents show a $56M, 109,600 sq ft data center due by the end of 2021 (press) News report · Dec. 2021
- 2023Construction Building completed; directory lists it as operating Dataset · Dec. 2023
- Feb. 24, 2026Legal A federal court filing cites public records showing AWS operates the facility Court filing · Feb. 2026
Since June 2021: 1 FAA filing (June 2021): a 45 ft building. FAA · June 2021
Specs
109,600 sq ft one data-center building (press and directory). Dataset · Oct. 2026
- Rockfish: Amazon's code name for three San Antonio data centers of the same size, this one included (press) News report · Dec. 2021
Owners, partners and builders
- Amazon Data Services: buyer and developer
- Amazon Web Services: operator
- Bitterblue: local developer that sold the site (press)
- CPS Energy: city-owned utility for the area (press)
Open questions
- Campus power in MW.
- Whether the site has been expanded since 2023.
39 records from 9 documents
Drawn from news reports, court filings, public and commercial datasets and state agency records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
Every quote behind this page
Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.
Power (2)
- Size status: no MW on any basis - no mw it, mw utility or mw campus stated figure and no TCEQ generator-nameplate inventory exists for ALE061 in CPS Energy, Bexar County, TCEQ or AWS records found through Oct 20, 2026“an AWS "Rockfish" facility designated "ALE061" at 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway in San Antonio, Texas”Court filing · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway is inside CPS Energy's municipal service territory (San Antonio). No site-specific electric service agreement, interconnection filing, tariff record or MW for ALE061 has been published; a“City-owned utility CPS Energy provides power at about $0.05 per kW.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (6)
- Site address: 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway, San Antonio, TX“the company successfully constructed a $56 million, 109,600 square foot (10,100 sq m) data center at 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway.”Dataset · Dec. 2023 · grade B
- Bitter Blue campus (12807 Donop Rd, Elmendorf) is a SEPARATE Amazon Data Services campus: two-building campus, Building B 119,407 sq ft and $65M, TDLR filing Jan 2024, construction scheduled Mar 2026 to Feb 2029 - do not“Amazon Data Services filed a TDLR permit in January 2024 for a two-story, nearly 120,000 sq ft single-tenant data center at 12807 Donop Road (Bitter Blue campus) in Elmendorf, Bexar County.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Amazon's newer 'Bitter Blue' project at 12807 Donop Rd, Elmendorf (renovation plus a new two-story building of more than 119,000 sq ft, about $65M, phased from 2026) is a separate facility from ALE061 on Old Corpus Chris“The site, identified in filings as the "Bitter Blue" campus, includes both upgrades to an existing facility and the construction of a new, significantly larger building.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- DCD reported the Corpus Christi Highway building due for completion at the end of 2021; baxtel records it as built 2023 (see conflicts)“The company plans to build a $56 million, 109,600 square foot (10,100 sq m) data center on 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway and due for completion at the end of 2021.”News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C
- Announced: April 1, 2021“The company plans to build a $56 million, 109,600 square foot (10,100 sq m) data center on 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway”News report · April 2021 · grade C
- land acquisition: purchase of industrial site portion“Amazon acquired the industrial portion of a southeast San Antiono site from local development firm Bitterblue in October 2020 as Rockfish, according to a deed filed with Bexar County.”News report · Oct. 2020 · grade C
Permits and government (3)
- The same court filing lists 7400 Potranco Road and 12807 Donop Road (Bitter Blue campus) as separate AWS San Antonio facilities from ALE061; Amazon's GW Ranch campus in Pecos County is likewise a different record. Filing“Public data center records show that AWS operates data centers labeled “Amazon AWS” at 7400 Potranco Road, 12807 Donop Road, and an AWS “Rockfish” facility designated “ALE061””Court filing · Feb. 2026 · grade A
- FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard“ASN 2021-ASW-8497-OE: AWS061, building, 45 ft AGL, 620 ft AMSL, 29.29361,-98.39172, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2021-06-14”FAA · June 2021 · grade A
- building project filing (reported): construction project filed“The company plans to build a $56 million, 109,600 square foot (10,100 sq m) data center on 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway and due for completion at the end of 2021.”News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C
Legal (2)
- Amazon's Potranco Road footprint (7400 Potranco Rd and the COPT Potranco project) is a third, separate Amazon San Antonio data center cluster; the court filing lists it separately from ALE061“AWS operates data centers labeled "Amazon AWS" at 7400 Potranco Road, 12807 Donop Road, and an AWS "Rockfish" facility designated "ALE061"”Court filing · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- Project identity: AWS 'Rockfish' facility designated ALE061 at 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway, San Antonio TX - an operating AWS data center identified from public data center records in a February 2026 federal court f“Public data center records show that AWS operates data centers labeled "Amazon AWS" at 7400 Potranco Road, 12807 Donop Road, and an AWS "Rockfish" facility designated "ALE061" at 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway in San Antonio, Texas.”Court filing · Feb. 2026 · grade A
Site and other (8)
- Amazon's OTHER San Antonio data centers at 7400 Potranco Road and 12807 Donop Road are separate facilities cited in the same filing; their facts must not be imported into ALE061“AWS operates data centers labeled "Amazon AWS" at 7400 Potranco Road, 12807 Donop Road”Court filing · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- Project identity: AWS 'Rockfish' facility designated ALE061 at 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway, San Antonio TX - operating AWS data center“Public data center records show that AWS operates data centers labeled "Amazon AWS" at 7400 Potranco Road, 12807 Donop Road, and an AWS "Rockfish" facility designated "ALE061" at 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway in San Antonio, Texas.”Court filing · Feb. 2026 · grade A
- County code: 48029“at 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway in San Antonio, Texas”Court filing · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- Project status: operating built 2023“In October 2020, Amazon, operating under the codename "Rockfish," acquired the industrial portion of a Southeast San Antonio site from local development firm Bitterblue.”Dataset · Dec. 2023 · grade B
- Year built: 2023“Year Built: 2023”Dataset · Dec. 2023 · grade B
- Site acres: 50 acres“Lot Size: 50 acres”Dataset · Dec. 2023 · grade B
- Land acquisition: October 2020“In October 2020, Amazon, operating under the codename "Rockfish," acquired the industrial portion of a Southeast San Antonio site from local development firm Bitterblue.”Dataset · Oct. 2020 · grade B
- ALE061 is the Old Corpus Christi Highway building of Amazon's three-site 'Rockfish' San Antonio program; the other two Rockfish projects are at 7400 Potranco Road and at TX-211 & Potranco Road, each also 109,600 sq ft“As well as the Corpus Christi Highway site, AWS has filed further construction projects in the San Antonio area under the 'AWS Rockfish' moniker.”News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C