Data center profile · 156 N. Austin Blvd., Red Oak (Ellis County), Texas

Google Red Oak

Google's second Texas data center, in Red Oak: first building in service since Nov. 2025, more being built, facing a state freeze on new approvals.

Operating, expanding. Google says the first building went into service in Nov. 2025; the air operating permit issued in Mar. 2026. Later buildings need state air authorizations and, above 75 MW, grid energization approval, both frozen by Texas orders (Aug., Sept. 2026).
Mar. 27, 2026
federal air operating permit issued
covers the campus's diesel emergency generators; Google gives no MW figure
$600M
investment announced in Aug. 2023
for a building of about 285,000 sq ft
$34.6M
taxable value of the campus, fiscal 2025
1.28% of the city's taxable value, per its fiscal 2025 report
OperatorGoogle, through Alamo Mission LLC (site owner and permit holder)
CustomerGoogle (self-use)
Planned IT capacity148 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company's 185 MW campus power figure)
First building in serviceIn service since Nov. 2025 (about 77 MW of IT capacity live, estimated)
Next deadlineOct. 2026: Texas environmental regulator due to report on the governor's freeze on data-center permits
Power

Power and the grid

Energized, size not disclosed

Sources on record, size not disclosed
Backup generators (emergency use, not a power supply)

Getting on the grid

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

  1. Nov. 1, 2022
    Solar contract signed
    Google signs the SB Energy solar deal that delivers power to its Ellis County data centers and Dallas cloud region (press). News report · Oct. 2026
  2. Aug. 3, 2026
    Grid energization pause
    ERCOT pauses approvals to energize data centers of 75 MW or more; Building 1 was already running, so the pause does not reach it. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
  3. Not set
    Interconnection agreement: not public
    No Oncor service agreement or campus MW appears in any public filing. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

4 granted

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup generators), and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$600M
investment announced in Aug. 2023
press; later Google figures cover its Texas campuses jointly News report · Aug. 2023
$34.6M
taxable value, fiscal 2025
1.28% of the city's tax base Local government · Sept. 2025
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. July 16, 2019
    Permits Ellis County approves a tax abatement agreement with Alamo Mission LLC Local government · Oct. 2026
  2. Jan. 27, 2022
    Permits State air authorization approved for backup generators, tanks and cooling towers State agency · Oct. 2026
  3. Nov. 1, 2022
    Power Google signs the SB Energy solar contract that serves its Ellis County data centers (press) News report · Oct. 2026
  4. Aug. 2023
    Site Google announces a $600M second Texas data center in Red Oak Company · Oct. 2026
  5. Dec. 4, 2024
    Permits Initial federal air operating permit application filed ahead of operation State agency · Oct. 2026
  6. Dec. 8, 2025
    Permits Planning commission approves adding an adjoining parcel to the campus's planned development News report · Oct. 2026
  7. March 27, 2026
    Permits Federal air operating permit issued State agency · Oct. 2026
  8. Aug. 3, 2026
    Power ERCOT pauses approvals to energize data centers of 75 MW or more Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
  9. Sept. 21, 2026
    Permits Governor Abbott directs the state regulator to halt data-center permits until ERCOT finishes an audit State agency · Oct. 2026
  10. Oct. 2026
    Permits State regulator's compliance update on the freeze is due State agency · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since Feb. 2024: 6 FAA filings (Feb. 2024 to Oct. 2025): tallest permanent building 65 ft (filed March 2025) and tallest crane 400 ft (Oct. 2025).

FAA filings
’24
’25
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 4. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

~285,000 sq ft first building as announced in 2023 (press). News report · Aug. 2023

Other data centers within 40 km (6)
This campus (footprint)
8 ac
Midlothian TX Data Center
67 ac
DFW9 - Red Oak Data Center
2 ac
DFW11 - Red Oak Data Center
0 ac
DFW10 - Red Oak Data Center
0 ac
DFW12 - Red Oak Data Center
0 ac
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • Google: developer and occupant
  • Alamo Mission LLC: site owner and permit holder
Power
  • Oncor Electric Delivery: transmission and distribution utility
  • ERCOT: grid operator
  • SB Energy: solar seller to Google
Decision-makers
  • Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: air permits
  • Ellis County Commissioners Court: tax abatement
  • Red Oak Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council: land use
Others
  • Trinity Consultants: air-permit preparer
  • Compass Datacenters: separate campus on the same street, not Google
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

97 records from 21 documents

Drawn from news reports, state agency records, local government records, company statements, public and commercial datasets, utility regulator dockets and court filings, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 8State agency 6Local government 4Company 1Dataset 1Utility regulator 1Court filing 1
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 (11)
  • Power plan: grid (Oncor / ERCOT) with on-site diesel backup generation
    “Equipment authorized at the site includes: Diesel-fired engine-driven emergency generators (Groups 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3, and 4)”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “Confidential (trade secret) information regarding the number of generators, tanks, and cooling towers is provided in Appendix A under separate cover.”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Air major source: major source of NOx (>25 tpy potential to emit); DFW severe ozone nonattainment area
    “Alamo Mission Data Center is considered a major source of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions as the potential to emit from the site is greater than 25 tons per year.”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Grid operator: ERCOT
    “Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to halt all permits sought by data centers until the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) completes its audit.”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: not stated
    “Paused approvals to energize data centers or virtual currency mining facilities (crypto facilities) that are 75 MW or greater”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Authority map for this campus: land use = City of Red Oak (home-rule; planned-development zoning; city Reinvestment Zone No. 9 hosts the county abatement); air = TCEQ state permits (PBR + Title V) with federal Title V ov
    “no state agency shall move forward with regulatory approvals related to data center development until it is acquired”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: Oncor Electric Delivery Company
    “the first phase will feature four buildings and a 400MW substation from Oncor”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Google's $40B Texas investment through 2027 (announced Nov 14, 2025 at the Midlothian campus) includes continued expansion of its Ellis County campuses (Midlothian + Red Oak) alongside three new campuses in Armstrong and
    “Additionally, the first building at the company's Red Oak campus in Ellis County is now operational.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Google states it has contracted more than 6,200 MW of net new generation/capacity in Texas through PPAs (AES, Enel, Intersect, Clearway, ENGIE, SB Energy, Orsted, X-Elio). Portfolio figure for all Texas operations - neve
    “Google has contracted to add more than 6,200 megawatts (MW) of net new energy generation and capacity to the Texas electricity grid through power purchase agreements (PPAs)”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • SB Energy Orion Solar Belt (Orion I/II/III, Milam County, 900 MW combined) commissioned under a Google PPA; power delivers to Google’s Ellis County data centers and Dallas cloud region. Off-site generation - signal only,
    “The projects will deliver power to Google’s data centers in Ellis County and its Dallas cloud region.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • TDLR TABS filings and Oncor substation figures in Red Oak coverage belong to Compass/DataBank unless they name Google; none retrieved names Google.
    “Red Oak has become a major hub for data center operators in Dallas. Google and Compass both have a presence in the Red Oak area.”
    News report · Sept. 2024 · grade C
Money and contracts (20)
  • Tax abatement agreement (Tax Code Ch. 312): scope
    “an amendment to a tax abatement agreement (Minute Order No. 314.19 dated July 16th, 2019) with Alamo Mission, LLC, owner and applicant, for property located in Reinvestment Zone No. 9, City of Red Oak, TX”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Tax abatement agreement (Tax Code Ch. 312): amendment - zone consolidation
    “for property located in Reinvestment Zone No. 9, City of Red Oak, TX (consolidating and modestly expanding former reinvestment zones 5 & 6)”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Tax abatement agreement (Tax Code Ch. 312): finding - abatement percentage and term not public
    “Discussion and consideration of an amendment to a tax abatement agreement (Minute Order No. 314.19 dated July 16th, 2019) with Alamo Mission, LLC, owner and applicant”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Tenants: Google (self)
    “2023 Google announces another investment to build a second Texas data center in Red Oak.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenant status: owner-occupied
    “2023 Google announces another investment to build a second Texas data center in Red Oak.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tax abatement framework (Tax Code Ch. 312): recapture / clawback
    “These agreements have no formal recapture provisions. For FY 2025, the City abated $490,045 in taxes.”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tax abatement framework (Tax Code Ch. 312): value abated FY2025 (citywide, all agreements) 490045 USD
    “These agreements have no formal recapture provisions. For FY 2025, the City abated $490,045 in taxes.”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Economic development agreements (Local Gov Code Ch. 380): rebate - none paid FY2025 0 USD
    “The City enters into various agreements under Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code to stimulate economic development. For FY 2025, the City did not rebate any taxes.”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service / interconnection (Oncor): finding - no public interconnection agreement or contracted MW
    “Paused approvals to energize data centers or virtual currency mining facilities (crypto facilities) that are 75 MW or greater”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Taxable assessed valuation fy2025: 34629152 USD
    “Alamo Mission LLC 8 $34,629,152 1.28%”
    Local government · Sept. 2025 · grade B
  • Power purchase agreement (solar, portfolio): scope 942 MW contracted
    “The PPA was initially signed in November 2022, with Google agreeing to purchase 75 percent of the capacity from the Orion Solar Belt and the 314MW Eiffel solar project, representing 942MW of contracted power.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Power purchase agreement (solar, portfolio): scope - delivery point
    “The projects will deliver power to Google's data centers in Ellis County and its Dallas cloud region.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Power purchase agreement (solar, portfolio): finding - term and termination not disclosed
    “These projects will power Google's data center operations in the state through a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA).”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Google announced more than $1B of Texas investment for 2024 covering its Midlothian and Red Oak campuses and the Dallas cloud region (total Texas investment to $2.7B). Joint two-campus figure - not allocated to Red Oak a
    “Google announced plans Thursday to invest more than $1 billion in Texas this year to support its cloud and data center infrastructure.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Site address reported: 156 N. Austin Blvd, Red Oak, TX
    “Lee McCleary, director of economic development for Red Oak, said in an email to The Dallas Morning News that the data center at 156 N. Austin Blvd. will be about 285,000 square feet”
    News report · Sept. 2023 · grade C
  • Investment: 600 USD million
    “The company said Thursday that it will invest an initial $330 million in Texas this year, with plans for the data center’s final cost rising to at least $600 million over multiple years.”
    News report · Sept. 2023 · grade C
  • Building size sq ft: 285000 sq ft
    “the data center at 156 N. Austin Blvd. will be about 285,000 square feet — roughly equivalent to five football fields — and will take about two years to complete.”
    News report · Sept. 2023 · grade C
  • Announced: Aug. 2023
    “Last Thursday, Google’s DFW ground game gained even more traction with the announcement of a planned $600 million investment in a new Red Oak data center”
    News report · Aug. 2023 · grade C
  • Announced investment: 600000000 USD
    “announcement of a planned $600 million investment in a new Red Oak data center, its second in the state”
    News report · Aug. 2023 · grade C
  • Building sq ft announced: 285000 sq ft
    “the data center at 156 N. Austin Blvd. will be about 285,000 square feet”
    News report · Aug. 2023 · grade C
Permits and government (16)
  • Air permit-by-rule registration: approved
    “167790 was approved on January 27, 2022, which authorized the emissions from the Alamo Mission Data Center resulting from diesel-fired emergency engines/generator sets”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Air permit-by-rule registration (update): approved
    “Those proposed changes were approved by TCEQ on September 21, 2022, under PBR 170469.”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Title V federal operating permit application: application submitted
    “C. Submittal Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 12/04/2024”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Title V federal operating permit: issued (initial issuance, effective)
    “Permit No: O4709 Issuance Date: March 27, 2026”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Gov. Abbott directed TCEQ to halt ALL permits sought by data centers until ERCOT completes its audit; no state agency may advance data-center regulatory approvals meanwhile; TCEQ compliance update due Oct 19, 2026. APPLI
    “Until they do, TCEQ will issue no permits sought by data center projects.”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Ellis County Commissioners Court: Tax Abatement Agreement with Alamo Mission LLC approved (Minute Order No. 314.19) - property in Reinvestment Zone No. 9, City of Red Oak
    “an amendment to a tax abatement agreement (Minute Order No. 314.19 dated July 16th, 2019) with Alamo Mission, LLC, owner and applicant, for property located in Reinvestment Zone No. 9, City of Red Oak, TX”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Ellis County Commissioners Court: Item 3.5 - Discussion and consideration of an Amendment to a Tax Abatement Agreement (Minute Order No. 314.19, July 16, 2019) with Alamo Mission LLC, Reinvestment Zone No. 9, City of Red
    “Discussion and consideration of an Amendment to a Tax Abatement Agreement (Minute Order No. 314.19 dated July 16, 2019) with Alamo Mission LLC, owner and applicant”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Ellis County Commissioners Court: Item 3.1 - Discussion and consideration of an amendment to a tax abatement agreement (Minute Order No. 314.19 dated July 16, 2019) with Alamo Mission, LLC, for property located in Reinve
    “Discussion and consideration of an amendment to a tax abatement agreement (Minute Order No. 314.19 dated July 16th, 2019) with Alamo Mission, LLC, owner and applicant”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “Crane used to set equipment on building.”
    FAA · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “New Commercial Building to Existing Campus.”
    FAA · March 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASW-1918-OE: B&G - Campus 6-10, Mobile crane, 235 ft AGL, 829 ft AMSL, 32.54215,-96.79358889, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-02-06”
    FAA · Feb. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASW-1919-OE: B&G - Campus 6-10, Mobile crane, 235 ft AGL, 829 ft AMSL, 32.54525,-96.79535, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-02-06”
    FAA · Feb. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASW-1920-OE: B&G - Campus 6-10, Mobile crane, 235 ft AGL, 829 ft AMSL, 32.54616111,-96.78471944, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-02-06”
    FAA · Feb. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASW-1921-OE: B&G - Campus 6-10, Mobile crane, 235 ft AGL, 829 ft AMSL, 32.54323056,-96.78533056, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-02-06”
    FAA · Feb. 2024 · grade A
  • Under Gov. Abbott's Aug 3, 2026 directive, ERCOT paused the Batch Zero study process and paused approvals to energize data centers/crypto facilities of 75 MW or greater pending project-by-project verification (PUCT Proje
    “Paused approvals to energize data centers or virtual currency mining facilities (crypto facilities) that are 75 MW or greater”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • City of Red Oak Planning & Zoning Commission: Zoning amendment approved to fold a commercial frontage parcel (city/Industrial Development Corporation land) into Alamo Mission LLC's existing planned development for the Go
    “The Red Oak Planning & Zoning Commission on Dec. 8 approved a zoning amendment that will allow Alamo Mission LLC to add a commercial frontage parcel to its existing planned development campus”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • Current target date: Nov. 2025
    “Additionally, the first building at the company's Red Oak campus in Ellis County is now operational.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (18)
  • Owner entity: Alamo Mission LLC
    “A. Company Name: Alamo Mission LLC”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Address: 156 N Austin Blvd, Red Oak, TX 75154
    “B. Physical Address: 156 N Austin Blvd. City: Red Oak State: Texas ZIP Code: 75154-1498”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Regulated entity address: 500 E Ovilla Rd, Red Oak, TX 75154
    “Physical Address Number and Street 500 E OVILLA RD City RED OAK State TX ZIP 75154”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Coordinates: 32.531786, -96.792527
    “Latitude (N) 32.531786 Longitude (W) -96.792527”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • County code: Ellis County, TX (48139)
    “LOCATED AT Ellis County, Texas Latitude 32 31 54 Longitude 96 47 33 Regulated Entity Number: RN110852753”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • City: Red Oak
    “B. Physical Address: 156 N Austin Blvd. City: Red Oak State: Texas ZIP Code: 75154-1498”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Original target date: 2025
    “This submittal includes the full application package and is being submitted prior to the start of operation, which is scheduled for early 2025.”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Cooling: mechanical draft cooling towers
    “Equipment authorized at the site includes: Diesel-fired engine-driven emergency generators (Groups 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3, and 4), Diesel engine-driven emergency firewater pumps, Diesel storage tanks, and Mechanical draft cooling towers.”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • County code: 48139
    “The Lone Star State is home to two of our data center locations in Midlothian and Red Oak in Ellis County, Texas.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Operator: Google LLC
    “Google announces another investment to build a second Texas data center in Red Oak.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Campus name: Google Red Oak
    “2023 Google announces another investment to build a second Texas data center in Red Oak.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Developer: Google LLC
    “2023 Google announces another investment to build a second Texas data center in Red Oak.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • First announced: Aug. 2023
    “2023 Google announces another investment to build a second Texas data center in Red Oak.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Project status: operating - first building live late 2025; Google currently operates campuses in Midlothian and Red Oak
    “Google has had a presence in Texas for a considerable period of time. It currently operates data center campuses in Midlothian and Red Oak in Ellis County”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: operating (Building 1) - campus build-out/expansion continuing
    “Additionally, the first building at the company's Red Oak campus in Ellis County is now operational.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stage: operating-partial (first building operational Nov 2025; expansion continuing)
    “Additionally, the first building at the company's Red Oak campus in Ellis County is now operational.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Dataset estimate only; Google has announced no full-build date.
    “1 bldgs op”
    grade C
  • Jobs: 30 full-time operational; nearly 1,200 construction jobs
    “When it’s finished, it will have 30 full-time employees, but it will create nearly 1,200 new construction jobs as it is built.”
    News report · Sept. 2023 · grade C