Giga Texas Data Center

Description

Grid queue discovery: ERCOT queue #25INR0688. Applicant: Giga Texas Energy, LLC (Tesla subsidiary). Classification: genuine_dc. Interconnection: HORNSBY Substation, 345kV (behind-meter at 24.9kV)

Timeline

Notes

Tesla's AI data center at Giga Texas (Gigafactory Texas, 1 Tesla Road, Austin, TX) is confirmed by multiple sources: Tesla's own website, C2O Group project page, Electrek reporting on March 2026 site plan filing. The facility houses Hardware 4/HW4 and Dojo AI training infrastructure. The ERCOT queue entry is filed as 'Other - Battery Energy Storage' but is explicitly identified in the notes as a data center per project name. Status is 'Completed' as of the queue (proposed completion December 202 | NEW DISCOVERY. Tesla's Giga Texas AI data center is real and operational. The 133 MW scale is below the threshold of Epoch's frontier DCs (which start ~200 MW) but qualifies as a genuine data center discovery. The behind-meter configuration (24.9kV non-export) is consistent with a captive facility.

Water Risk Score

3

Water Risk Label

Medium-High

Baseline Water Stress

2.86

Water Risk Source

wri-aqueduct

Water Risk Methodology

Country-level BWS from WRI Aqueduct 4.0