Vantage TX1 Under construction
Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~32 MW.
Key facts
- Size
- 32 MW
- Location
- San Antonio, Texas
- Stage today
- Under construction
Source
read 2026-08-14
What to do next
Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.
What has happened so far (8 events)
- 2023-12-15filing
Vantage Data Centers TX1 LLC filed TDLR architectural barriers project TABS2024007561 for 'Data Center Building TX11' at 14720 Omicron Dr, San Antonio — a 242,667 sq ft, 32 MW, two-story new-construction facility with estimated cost of $95.8 million and projected completion September 2026. · source - 2026-02-28construction
A transformer explosion near the Vantage Data Centers site in San Antonio injured one construction worker; SAPD and SAFD responded to the incident. · source - 2026-05-28hearing
A TCEQ public hearing was held at a Marriott near SeaWorld regarding Vantage's air-quality permit for its Rogers Road (5207 Rogers Rd) facility; residents raised concerns about diesel generator emissions, noise, light pollution, and water usage. Vantage VP Michael Duplantis represented the company. · source - 2026-06-08coverage
Deceleration.news reported that Vantage's two West Side San Antonio campuses (Omicron Drive and Rogers Road) were bringing major new pollution sources to the area, including on-site natural gas power plants and over 150 diesel backup generators. · source - 2026-06-11protest
San Antonio Current reported residents pushing back against the far West Side Vantage data center; the Rogers Road facility (360,000 sq ft, ~$157 million) was described as already constructed and partly operational, with 65 diesel backup generators and its own gas power plant. · source - 2026-07-22lawsuit
Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Public Citizen filed a notice of intent to sue Vantage and VoltaGrid under the Clean Air Act, alleging the Omicron Drive and Rogers Road campuses (combined 423 MW of generation, 151 diesel generators) improperly obtained minor-source permits to avoid major-source pollution controls; potential fines cited at up to $124,426 per day. · source - 2026-07-28coverage
Texas Public Radio reported environmental groups threatening lawsuit over the two West Side Vantage campuses at 14270 Omicron Drive and 5207 Rogers Road; a TCEQ public hearing on Vantage's proposed federal operating permit for the Omicron Drive campus was scheduled for August 17, 2026. · source - 2026-07-29coverage
WOAI/News4SA reported that Vantage obtained minor pollution source permits (typically for dry cleaners and gas stations) for its two San Antonio data center complexes, allowing it to bypass major-source pollution controls and community notification requirements. · source
Find the paper trail
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)
State environmental permits
Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.
- Texas TCEQ — Air Permits DivisionThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
- TCEQ Central RegistrySearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.
County & town filings
The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.
- Search San Antonio planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
- Search San Antonio property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.
Utility & grid records
The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.
- ERCOT (Texas) — interconnection queueRequested megawatts, queue position and target in-service date. The MW here is the real number; the one at the town meeting is often phase one.
- Public Utility Commission of Texas — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
- FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
- Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.
Federal databases
Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.
- EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 29.400, -98.730 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
- EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
- EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.
These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.
Recent news
17 stories tracked since 2026-08-17 across 10 outlets. 9× Local officials are moving to pause or block the project. 5× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. Most recent: “How Texas Research Park became San Antonio's data center hub” (Yahoo Finance, 2026-10-09).
- How Texas Research Park became San Antonio's data center hub
- How Texas Research Park became San Antonio's data center hub
- Gina Hinojosa targets Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign donors, data center tax breaks in San Antonio
- Gina Hinojosa targets Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign donors and data center tax breaks in San Antonio
- Texas data center pause isn't stopping construction of facilities, including one just outside San Antonio
- Data center battleground emerges between Austin, San Antonio
- 'We don't really know the answers': San Antonio realtors say it's too early to tell how data centers affect home values
- Data Center Moratorium Proposal Squeaks Forward in San Antonio
- San Antonio moves to tighten data center rules, holds off on call for moratorium
- San Antonio City Council may regulate, not ban, data centers
- San Antonio City Council signals tighter rules for data centers
- San Antonio city council leans toward data center regulation, but a moratorium seems less likely
+5 more on the story tracker.
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 17 headlines archived.
Around here
- San Antonio community briefing — Rejectedterm not documented
- Texas briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts.
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Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “Vantage TX1”, aigridwatch.com/projects/vantage-tx1, retrieved 2026-10-11.
As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing
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