Data center profile · Francis Harris Lane, between San Marcos and New Braunfels (Guadalupe and Hays counties), Texas

CloudBurst San Marcos

CloudBurst's planned 1,200 MW gas-fueled AI campus between San Marcos and New Braunfels, Texas; ground broken for first 50 MW block, no customer or financing.

Early works, unfunded. Ground was broken on Nov. 5, 2025, and Texas issued an air and a stormwater permit that fall. No customer, final investment decision or closed financing is on record, and a lawsuit is challenging the county's tax abatement.
The site before construction, Satellite image, Nov. 2, 2025
1,200 MW
campus size CloudBurst states
developer says: three 400 MW phases, 50 MW block first; a Nov. 2025 figure puts on-site generation at 1,800 MW
$14.5B
project cost stated to the county
developer says
450,000 MMBtu/day
gas Energy Transfer's pipeline unit agreed to supply, at most
10-year minimum; firm supply depends on CloudBurst signing a customer
0
customers, loans or equity raises on record
the bank requires a customer contract before it funds
OperatorCloudBurst Data Centers (developer); Evolve Holdings (design-builder)
CustomerNone disclosed; gas supply and bank funding both depend on signing one
Planned IT capacity960 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company's 1.2 GW campus power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet); company says 2026.
Next stepSigned customer and final investment decision; none announced (guided for 2025)
From orbit

The site from above

Satellite overview1
Satellite image, Nov. 2, 2025. Pin: CloudBurst campus block.
From orbit

CloudBurst campus block

Same ground as the map above, on Oct. 10, 2026. It comes from a lower-resolution satellite (10 m pixels), so buildings show as blocks of color, not detail. What we count on the Oct. 10, 2026 image:

CloudBurst campus block
Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 10, 2026
Power

Power and the grid

Contracted, size not disclosed · 1,200 MW permitted

On-site natural gas generation (behind the meter)Air permit issued; fleet size unconfirmed
1,200 MW
developer says 1,200 MW at announcement and 1,800 MW in Nov. 2025; the equipment and size authorized by Texas are not in the permit record Dataset · Oct. 2026
Permitted
Other sources, size not disclosed
Not used, not on record, or dropped

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Feb. 10, 2025
    Gas agreement announced
    Energy Transfer's Oasis Pipeline and CloudBurst sign a supply agreement, the project's first public milestone; the operational target then was Q3 2026. Company · Feb. 2025
  2. Oct. 22, 2025
    Air permit issued
    Texas issues an air permit to the site; the public record does not show how many generators it covers. see Permits
  3. Sept. 21, 2026
    State pauses new air and water permits
    The governor directs Texas regulators to pause data center permits until ERCOT finishes its audit; the status of a behind-the-meter plant under the order is unclear. News report · Sept. 2026
  4. Not set
    Customer and final investment decision: not announced
    The gas supply and bank funding both wait on a customer contract that no source reports. Local government · April 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

1 contested · 1 pending · 3 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Risks

What could slow it down

Lawsuits

1 case on record

Money

Money on record

$14.5B
project cost stated to the county
developer says; no outside figure Local government · April 2026
$500M
value of the county abatement reported (press)
unverified against the signed agreement; applies to county tax only, not the school district Company · Nov. 2025
$4.88M a year
county property tax with the abatement, years 1 to 10, per CloudBurst
$48.8M over 10 years; community-wide tax about $116M a year Local government · April 2026

Not on record: financing closed: bank funding needs the county abatement (obtained) and a customer contract (not announced) Local government · April 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Feb. 10, 2025
    Power Energy Transfer announces a gas supply agreement with CloudBurst, the project's first public milestone. Company · Feb. 2025
  2. Feb. 2025
    Site CloudBurst buys the first 96 acres. News report · Feb. 2025
  3. Oct. 22, 2025
    Permits Texas issues the air permit. State agency · Oct. 2025
  4. Nov. 5, 2025
    Construction Groundbreaking for the first 50 MW phase, with a bulldozer on site and a small protest. News report · Nov. 2025
  5. Nov. 18, 2025
    Permits Texas issues construction stormwater coverage. State agency · Nov. 2025
  6. Dec. 4, 2025
    Paper trail Cloudburst Data Centers, Inc. registered in Texas
  7. April 21, 2026
    Permits Guadalupe County approves a development agreement and tax abatement, each 3-2, over dozens of opposing speakers. Local government · April 2026
  8. June 23, 2026
    Permits Hays County adopts a 180-day review of high-water-use projects; CloudBurst holds no Hays County approval. News report · June 2026
  9. July 2026
    Legal Opponents sue the county to stop the abatements for CloudBurst and a second project. News report · July 2026
  10. Sept. 21, 2026
    Permits The governor pauses new Texas air and water permits for data centers pending the ERCOT audit. News report · Sept. 2026
  11. Sept. 26, 2026
    Legal Press reports a Texas Rangers inquiry into the county judge over a family land sale tied to a data center deal; the project link is unconfirmed. News report · Sept. 2026
  12. 2027
    Construction Phase 1 completion target in the developer's county presentation. Local government · April 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since March 2022: 74 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2023; 7 earlier records are not drawn.

Satellite
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’25
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 6. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

706 acres
campus area; 96 acres were bought first, in Feb. 2025
News report · April 2026
10 to 12 buildings, 3M sq ft
in three 400 MW phases through 2029, per the developer
Local government · April 2026
24,000 gallons a day
water use stated; closed-loop cooling with a one-time fill
Local government · April 2026
480 permanent jobs
developer's estimate to the county
Local government · April 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Developer
  • CloudBurst Data Centers: developer; Cloudburst Texas, LLC is the county counterparty
  • Cynthia Thompson: co-founder and executive chair
  • Alex Gerber: co-founder and director
  • Tye Johnson: CEO, and founder and CEO of Evolve Holdings
Builder and advisers
  • Evolve Holdings: design-builder
  • Ryan, LLC: tax adviser
Power
  • Energy Transfer (Oasis Pipeline): gas supplier
Government
  • Guadalupe County Commissioners Court: approved 3-2; Commissioners Ott and Germann voted no
  • Hays County Commissioners Court
  • Navarro school district: largest projected tax recipient, not a party to the abatement
Opponents
  • Data Center Action Coalition
  • Lindsey family, adjacent landowners
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

342 records from 22 documents

Drawn from news reports, company statements, public and commercial datasets, business registries, local government records, state agency records, securities filings, our own analysis and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 11Company 3Dataset 3Local government 2State agency 2SEC filing 2Analysis 1Satellite 0
Evidence

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 (33)
  • Site address: 2955 Francis Harris Ln, New Braunfels, TX 78130
    “PSP records: CLOUDBURST DATA CENTERS, 2955 FRANCIS HARRIS LN, NEW BRAUNFELS; stormwater record coordinates 29.761857,-97.990823”
    State agency · Nov. 2025 · grade A
  • Announced: Feb. 10, 2025
    “The agreement calls for Energy Transfer’s Oasis Pipeline, LP to provide up to 450,000 MMBtu per day of firm natural gas supply to CloudBurst’s Next-Gen Data Center campus outside of San Marcos, Texas”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • On-site generation: 1,200 MW
    “Unit 1: Construction, fossil gas: natural gas, Capacity 1200 MW, Start year 2026 (planned); Owner CloudBurst Data Centers Inc [100%]”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Interconnection status: Behind-the-meter by design - an on-site 1,200 MW gas plant (CloudBurst Data Center power plant, GEM-listed as under construction) supplies the campus; no ERCOT load interconnection is stated in an
    “Unit 1: Construction, fossil gas: natural gas, Capacity 1200 MW, Start year 2026 (planned); Owner CloudBurst Data Centers Inc [100%]”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “Phase 1 (Start 2026) 400 MW; Phase 2 (Start 2027) 400 MW; Phase 3 (Start 2028) 400 MW; 12 buildings; 1.2 GW total capacity”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service agreement signed: not stated
    “subject to CloudBurst reaching a final investment decision (FID) with its customer”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Phases: 3 phases of 400 MW; Phase 1 starts 2026, complete by 2027; Phase 2 starts 2027, complete by 2028; Phase 3 starts 2028, complete by 2029; initial 50 MW block first
    “Phase 1 (Start 2026) Phase 2 (Start 2027) Phase 3 (Start 2028); Completed by 2027; Completed by 2028; Completed by 2029”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Current target date: 2027 ; full campus 2029
    “Phase 1 (Start 2026) 400 MW Completed by 2027; Phase 3 (Start 2028) 400 MW Completed by 2029”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Construction status: Initial 50 MW phase broke ground Nov 5, 2025 (company release); GEM lists the on-site plant as under construction; Guadalupe County approved the $500M tax abatement and development agreement on Apr 2
    “CloudBurst and Evolve today announced the groundbreaking of San Marcos Data Center I; the site is master-planned for up to 1.2 gigawatts of AI/HPC capacity, with the first 50MW phase scheduled to go live in Q4 2026”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Name: San Marcos Data Center I (CloudBurst San Marcos)
    “groundbreaking of San Marcos Data Center I, a next-generation, AI-focused data center campus located in the San Marcos / New Braunfels corridor”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Stated campus size: 1,200 MW
    “The site is master-planned for up to 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of AI/HPC capacity, with the first 50MW phase scheduled to go live in Q4 2026”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • On-site generation: 1,800 MW
    “providing up to 450,000 MMBtu per day, enough to generate more than 1.8GW of on-site power for the campus”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Current target date: 2026-Q4
    “the first 50MW phase scheduled to go live in Q4 2026”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • General contractor: Evolve Holdings, Inc. (design-build partner)
    “San Marcos Data Center I is being designed and built by Evolve, leveraging high-density architecture, advanced cooling technologies, and behind-the-meter power”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Aliases: CloudBurst Next-Gen Data Center campus; CloudBurst flagship GigaCenter
    “provide up to 450,000 MMBtu per day of firm natural gas supply to CloudBurst's Next-Gen Data Center campus outside of San Marcos, Texas”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Developer: CloudBurst Data Centers, Inc.
    “entered into a long-term agreement with Denver-based CloudBurst Data Centers, Inc. to provide natural gas to CloudBurst's flagship AI-focused data center development”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • On-site generation: 1,200 MW
    “The natural gas supply would be sufficient to generate up to approximately 1.2 gigawatts of direct, or behind-the-meter electric power”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Utility: none - behind-the-meter islanded design; no retail electric utility and no ESA
    “sufficient to generate up to approximately 1.2 gigawatts of direct, or behind-the-meter electric power for a period of at least 10 years”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Gas supplier: Oasis Pipeline, LP (Energy Transfer LP)
    “Energy Transfer's Oasis Pipeline, LP to provide up to 450,000 MMBtu per day of firm natural gas supply”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Power plan: onsite (behind-the-meter natural gas generation)
    “generate up to approximately 1.2 gigawatts of direct, or behind-the-meter electric power”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Project announcement via the Energy Transfer gas agreement; CloudBurst's first public milestone; FID with unnamed customer guided for later in 2025 (no FID announcement ever followed in sources checked)
    “CloudBurst expects to reach FID later this year and in such event the facility would be operational in Q3 of 2026”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Grid operator: ERCOT (region only; campus is not grid-interconnected)
    “This represents Energy Transfer's first commercial arrangement to supply natural gas directly to a data center”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Interconnection status: none - no ERCOT interconnection or large-load filing found; islanded behind-the-meter design
    “No ERCOT interconnection record for CloudBurst was returned by searches that surface peer behind-the-meter campuses”
    grade C
  • On-site power technology: natural gas generation, technology and OEM not specified in any source checked
    “CloudBurst expects power for the data center to be generated on-site from a combination of transition fuels, green energy (roof solar), or renewables, according to its website”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Delay (months): 3 months
    “with the first 50MW phase scheduled to go live in Q4 2026”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: early works - third-party trackers list the campus as under construction (first phase) but no building completion or energization is documented
    “CloudBurst Data Center power plant is a power station under construction in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stage: early works only - Phase 1 clearing/groundbreaking is real, but the 1.2 GW campus is untenanted, unfinanced and its power plant unpermitted; high paper risk
    “Groundbreaking held and county agreements executed, but no tenant, no FID announcement, no closed financing and no TCEQ air permit located”
    grade C
  • Paper or real: Real: 96-acre parcel purchased Feb 2025, groundbreaking Nov 5 2025, Guadalupe County development + abatement agreements executed Apr 21 2026. Paper: 1.2 GW generation unpermitted (no TCEQ record), customer
    “subject to CloudBurst reaching a final investment decision (FID) with its customer”
    grade C
  • Sponsor-level: CloudBurst is also developing a 200 MW campus in Oklahoma City, OK (DCD); San Marcos is the company's first development (founded 2022) and no completed data center is documented
    “The company is also developing a 200MW campus in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Change.org petition 'Stop the construction of the Cloudburst Data Center and Power Plant' launched the day after the Guadalupe approvals; 1,200+ signatures by May 2026
    “Sign this petition to stop the construction of the Cloudburst Data Center and preserve our precious water resources”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 1,200 MW
    “According to a presentation given at the April 21 Commissioners Court meeting, the 1.2GW campus will be built in three 400MW phases, with the first commencing in 2026”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: clearing / early works - groundbreaking held Nov. 5, 2025; bulldozer and ceremony observed on site; no vertical construction reported
    “Today, we saw a bulldozer at the site, tents, and chairs – it was clearly a groundbreaking ceremony”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
  • Sponsor credit: private; no outside equity sponsor disclosed; sponsor founded 2022 and this is its first development
    “Colorado-based CloudBurst Data Centers was founded in 2022. The company is also developing a 200MW campus in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma”
    News report · Feb. 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (25)
  • Owner companies: Cloudburst Texas, LLC
    “The proposed Development Agreement and Tax Abatement Agreement between Guadalupe County and Cloudburst Texas, LLC”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Incentives: Guadalupe County Chapter 312 tax abatement agreement and development agreement with Cloudburst Texas, LLC, both approved 3-2 on April 21, 2026; abatement modeled over 10 years on Guadalupe County tax only; percen
    “MOTION by Drew Engelke to approve the proposed Tax Abatement Agreement between Guadalupe County and CloudBurst Texas, LLC; CALL FOR VOTE: 3 aye(s) 2 nay(s), motion carried”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Conditions of approval: Development agreement (per county counsel in minutes): property not purchased within 2 years is excluded from the agreement; sections 2.04 (moratorium), 3.02 (controlling), 9.02 (extension) debate
    “we have taken steps to ensure that property is excluded from this agreement if not purchased within 2 years and he feels the County is protected”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • development agreement: approval approved 3-2 (Ott and Germann nay)
    “MOTION by Drew Engelke to approve the proposed Development Agreement between Guadalupe County and CloudBurst Texas, LLC; CALL FOR VOTE: 3 aye(s) 2 nay(s), motion carried”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • development agreement: condition property not purchased within 2 years is excluded from the agreement (per county counsel Steven Tays, on the record)
    “we have taken steps to ensure that property is excluded from this agreement if not purchased within 2 years”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • development agreement: scope sections debated on the record: 9.02 (extension), 3.02 (controlling), 2.04 (moratorium); a citizen speaker opposed the agreement citing sections 9.02, 3.02 and 2.04
    “Commissioner Wolverton asked attorney Steven Tays about certain sections in the agreement. 9.02 - extension; 3.02 - controlling; and 2.04 - moratorium”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • tax abatement agreement (Chapter 312): approval approved 3-2 (Ott and Germann nay)
    “MOTION by Drew Engelke to approve the proposed Tax Abatement Agreement between Guadalupe County and CloudBurst Texas, LLC; CALL FOR VOTE: 3 aye(s) 2 nay(s), motion carried”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Tenants: not stated
    “subject to CloudBurst reaching a final investment decision (FID) with its customer”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenant status: none disclosed - no tenant, LOI or customer contract announced; FID with the unnamed customer not announced as of Oct. 18, 2026
    “Requirements by Investment Bank Funding: to Close — 1) County Abatement — Secures term customer. 2) Customer Contract — Secures term viability of site”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • natural gas supply agreement: termination FINDING: no termination or cancellation clause is stated in the public release; the executed agreement is not public
    “This represents Energy Transfer's first commercial arrangement to supply natural gas directly to a data center”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • development agreement: termination FINDING: no termination/cancellation clause text was retrieved; the executed agreement (minutes attachment 7A.pdf) is not in the public index reached in this pass
    “The proposed Development Agreement between Guadalupe County and CloudBurst Texas, LLC”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • tax abatement agreement (Chapter 312): termination FINDING: abatement percentage, minimum-investment floor, jobs floor and clawback/recapture clauses are NOT in any public document retrieved; DCD's $500M abatement value
    “The Courts' legal counsel laid out the tax abatement agreement”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Acres: 706.4 acres
    “706.40 Acres; A planned $14.5B campus investment; Total Buildings 10-12 AI-Ready Buildings”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Square feet: 3000000 sq ft
    “Total Size ~3,000,000 ft2; 900k SF data center plus 100k SF office per phase”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Stated capital cost: 14500000000 USD
    “Significant Capital Investment: A planned $14.5B campus investment; Total Investment ~$14.5B Capex”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Financing: none closed - no construction loan, equity raise or bond for CloudBurst found in any source checked as of Oct. 18, 2026; bank funding conditioned on county abatement plus a customer contract
    “Requirements by Investment Bank Funding: to Close — 1) County Abatement — Secures term customer. 2) Customer Contract — Secures term viability of site + design of space”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • tax abatement agreement (Chapter 312): scope abatement applies to Guadalupe County tax only (not Navarro ISD, Lateral Road or York Creek Water District taxes)
    “Abatement only Applicable to Guadalupe County Tax”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • tax abatement agreement (Chapter 312): term 10 years
    “Avg. Yr 1-10 per Yr; Abatement Period; Estimated for County (w/Abatement Year 1-10) - $4.88M Annually”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • tax abatement agreement (Chapter 312): value county property-tax take with abatement averages $4.88M/yr over Years 1-10 ($48.8M); community-wide property tax estimated $116.3M/yr average over Years 1-10 USD
    “Property Tax Impact (Guadalupe Project): $1.163B Estimated for Community (Year 1-10) - $116.3M Annually; $48.8M Estimated for County (w/Abatement Year 1-10)”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • project financing (not executed): condition precedent bank funding requires (1) county abatement and (2) a customer contract; abatement obtained Apr 21, 2026; no customer contract announced as of Oct 18, 2026
    “Requirements by Investment Bank Funding: to Close — 1) County Abatement — Secures term customer. 2) Customer Contract — Secures term viability of site + design of space”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Announced: Feb. 10, 2025
    “Energy Transfer LP today announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Denver-based CloudBurst Data Centers, Inc.”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • natural gas supply agreement: scope up to 450,000 MMBtu/day
    “provide up to 450,000 MMBtu per day of firm natural gas supply to CloudBurst's Next-Gen Data Center campus outside of San Marcos, Texas”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • natural gas supply agreement: condition precedent firm supply is subject to CloudBurst reaching a final investment decision (FID) with its customer; the customer is unnamed
    “subject to CloudBurst reaching a final investment decision (FID) with its customer”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • natural gas supply agreement: term at least 10 years
    “sufficient to generate up to approximately 1.2 gigawatts of direct, or behind-the-meter electric power for a period of at least 10 years starting with Phase 1”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Texas Rangers inquiry reported into Guadalupe County Judge Kyle Kutscher over his family's pending land sale in connection with a data center deal; Kutscher voted in the 3-2 Apr 2026 approvals; allegation only, buyer/pro
    “The state's preeminent criminal investigations agency is looking into allegations regarding Guadalupe County Judge Kyle Kutscher in connection with his family's pending sale of property”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (12)
  • Guadalupe County Commissioners Court: Item 4B presentation of the proposed development agreement and tax abatement agreement with Cloudburst Texas, LLC; Items 7A/7B approvals
    “The proposed Development Agreement and Tax Abatement Agreement between Guadalupe County and Cloudburst Texas, LLC”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Issued to Evolve Holdings, Inc. (operator); status ACTIVE / ISSUED PERMIT; NAICS: construction stormwater general permit (TXR15) coverage ISSUED
    “PSP record: CLOUDBURST DATA CENTERS, Stormwater TXR1573WM, ISSUED PERMIT, 2955 FRANCIS HARRIS LN, NEW BRAUNFELS; issued to Evolve Holdings, Inc., begin 2025-11-18”
    State agency · Nov. 2025 · grade A
  • Issued to Cloudburst, Inc.; status ACTIVE / ISSUED PERMIT in the Permit Search P: air New Source Review permit ISSUED
    “PSP record: CLOUDBURST DATA CENTERS, Air New Source 181930, ISSUED PERMIT, 2955 FRANCIS HARRIS LN, NEW BRAUNFELS; issued to Cloudburst, Inc., begin 2025-10-22”
    State agency · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • air permit (NSR/PSD): none found
    “Potential emissions and details on the project's status and permit applications can be viewed on Oil and Gas Watch page here”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • stormwater (TPDES construction general permit): none found
    “No stormwater record naming CloudBurst or Cloudburst Texas, LLC was returned by any search in this pass”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • air/water permit issuance pause: issuance paused
    “At the direction of Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has paused the issuance of all air and water permits and authorizations related to data centers”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Governor Abbott directs TCEQ to pause all data-center air/water permit issuance pending the ERCOT audit; directly affects this campus because its 1.2 GW plant has no TCEQ permit; Public Citizen notes the directive may no
    “has paused the issuance of all air and water permits and authorizations related to the construction or development of infrastructure directly supporting data centers”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Moratoria: San Marcos citywide data-center ban adopted June 16, 2026 (does not reach this site, which is outside city limits and ETJ); Hays County 180-day high-water-use pause resolution adopted June 23, 2026
    “San Marcos City Council voted 4-3 on June 16 to define data centers and make them ineligible for any part of the city in its zoning laws”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Hays County Commissioners Court: Resolution creating a 180-day pause/review of approvals for large-scale high-water-use projects in unincorporated Hays County, with a High Water Demand Development Review Board
    “On Tuesday, the Hays County Commissioners passed what they call one of the strongest industrial high water use resolutions in the state”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • San Marcos City Council: Land Development Code update defining data centers and making them ineligible in all zoning districts (first citywide data-center ban in Texas)
    “San Marcos City Council voted 4-3 on June 16 to define data centers and make them ineligible for any part of the city in its zoning laws”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • county floodplain / development permit: under review
    “County staff said a floodplain permit is under review and that many approvals will come from state agencies and neighboring Guadalupe County”
    News report · May 2025 · grade C
  • Hays County Commissioners Court (workshop): CloudBurst proposal presentation; residents urge the court to block the project over water, air and noise
    “Dozens of Hays County residents packed the commissioners court on May 20 to challenge a proposed Cloudburst AI data center and associated natural gas power plant planned for 2955 Francis Harris Lane”
    News report · May 2025 · grade C
Legal (5)
  • Groundbreaking date: Nov. 5, 2025
    “CloudBurst Data Centers and Evolve Holdings today announced the groundbreaking of San Marcos Data Center I”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Lawsuits: Data Center Action Coalition et al. v. Guadalupe County Commissioners Court (filed Jul 2026) - challenges the CloudBurst and Palomino Alpha abatements as unlawful; cause number not retrieved
    “The Data Center Action Coalition and Seguin residents are suing the Guadalupe County Commissioners Court to halt the CloudBurst and Palomino Alpha data center projects”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Data Center Action Coalition and Seguin residents sue the Guadalupe County Commissioners Court to halt the CloudBurst and Palomino Alpha projects (unlawful abatements, conflicts of interest, inadequate public notice); co
    “They allege the projects proceeded with insufficient public notice, private negotiations and conflicts of interest”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Site acres: 706 acres
    “A 706-acre data center has been approved for development outside San Antonio, Texas; CloudBurst got the go-ahead from the Guadalupe Commissioners Court on Tuesday, April 21”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Hays County workshop: dozens of residents urge the court to block CloudBurst over water, emissions, light and noise; site identified as 2955 Francis Harris Lane on York Creek
    “The majority of public commentators urged the Commissioners Court to oppose the project”
    News report · May 2025 · grade C
Site and other (14)
  • TCEQ regulated entity: RN112306667
    “PSP record: reRegNumber RN112306667, CLOUDBURST DATA CENTERS, 2955 FRANCIS HARRIS LN, NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78130”
    State agency · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • County code: 48209, 48187
    “FCC Census Block API: plant point 29.872746,-97.937769 -> 48209 Hays County; site SE portion 29.850,-97.870 -> 48187 Guadalupe County; DCD: the project will be split across Hays County and Guadalupe County”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Buildings: 10-12
    “Total Buildings 10-12 AI-Ready Buildings; Total Size ~3,000,000 ft2”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Cooling: closed-loop (water with up to 20% propylene glycol; one-time fill, <1% annual top-up)
    “Closed Loop Water Cooling; One Time Filling: Water + 20% Propylene Glycol; 600k Gallons per Building; <1% Top up Annually”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Water use stated: 24000 GPD
    “WATER DEMAND 24,000 GPD (96 LUE); CLOUDBURST CAMPUS ~24k GPD; full campus closed-loop cooling filled per building over 3 years”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Workforce estimate: 480 permanent jobs
    “Total Jobs (Guadalupe) 480 permanent Jobs by six years; 160 JOBS per phase”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Operator: CloudBurst Data Centers, Inc.
    “As CloudBurst's flagship GigaCenter, San Marcos Data Center I is being designed and built by Evolve”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Sponsor-level: CloudBurst and its design-builder Evolve share a principal (Tye Johnson is CEO of both); Evolve claims 2+ decades of high-density facility delivery and the team claims involvement in 200+ data centers, but
    “Evolve's team has consistently delivered high-density compute facilities for more than 2 decades”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Original target date: 2026-Q3 (facility operational target in the Feb 2025 Energy Transfer release)
    “CloudBurst expects to reach FID later this year and in such event the facility would be operational in Q3 of 2026”
    Company · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Opposition: Data Center Action Coalition; Lindsey family (adjacent landowners); Change.org petition (1,200+ signatures by May 2026); dozens of speakers against at Hays (May 2025) and Guadalupe (Apr 2026) meetings
    “A petition against the data center has gathered more than 1,200 signatures at time of writing”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Address: 2955 Francis Harris Lane, San Marcos area (unincorporated Hays County); campus bounded by Center Point Road, Francis Harris Lane and Huber Road
    “CloudBurst's data center site, which sits on a 96-acre parcel at 2955 Francis Harris Lane”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
  • Groundbreaking ceremony held on site with a bulldozer present; about a dozen protesters (Lindsey family and allies) demonstrated; groundbreaking had been planned for Apr 2025
    “The groundbreaking was originally slated for April 2025, but here we are in November 2025”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
  • Acres: 96 acres
    “The Denver-based startup CloudBurst Data Centers, founded in 2022, wants to build the data center on 96 acres of rural land it purchased in February at 2955 Francis Harris Lane”
    News report · Feb. 2025 · grade C
  • Land control date: Feb. 2025
    “build the data center on 96 acres of rural land it purchased in February at 2955 Francis Harris Lane”
    News report · Feb. 2025 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Maxar via Esri World Imagery Wayback; Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus).