Company expands into Lone Star State.
Tract, a developer of master-planned data center parks, has acquired a large plot of land outside Austin, Texas.
The company this week announced the acquisition of a 1,515-acre land parcel in Caldwell County, located south of Austin and northeast of San Antonio.
The property, located near the city of Uhland, will reportedly support more than 2GW at full build-out, with “provisions for supplemental on-site generation.”
The initial 360MW grid connection will be energized in 2028 in partnership with Blue Bonnet Electric Cooperative.
“Tract appreciates the business-friendly environment that makes Texas-scale projects attractive and the new relationships we have built in the community,” said Grant van Rooyen, CEO and managing partner of Tract Capital Management and executive chairman of Tract. “This megasite in Caldwell County is unique for public cloud, inferencing, and AI training applications because it sits at the intersection of transmission infrastructure, robust natural gas infrastructure, and long-haul fiber. Perhaps most importantly, there is a workforce in place that can support the thousands of skilled construction and operations jobs that will be employed at this campus.”
Colorado-based Tract was founded by former Cologix CEO Grant van Rooyen and describes itself as a company that acquires, zones, entitles, and develops ‘master-planned’ data center parks. The company aims to get sites zoned, powered, and shovel-ready for other companies to develop data centers on.
News that the company was seeking to develop in Texas first surfaced in October 2024. The company had previously filed for planning permission with the Uhland City Council for land along Farm to Market Road 2720. Chipmaker Micron was also previously considering the area as the home of a new chip fab site, but instead settled on a site in New York.
“Texas is where the future of innovation is building, including in advanced technologies,” said Governor Greg Abbott. “This new data center development in San Marcos will create good-paying jobs, bolster the state’s power grid, and enhance our technology infrastructure. We look forward to working with corporate partners like Tract to further expand Texas’ economic might and develop our state as the epicenter of technological advancement.”
After launching in Nevada, Tract has plans for large-scale campuses across Texas, Virginia (x2), Arizona, Minnesota (x2), and Utah. On its website, the company also lists planned developments in Iowa, Illinois, and North Carolina.
Tract’s parent, Tract Capital, recently launched a dedicated data center developer, known as Fleet DC.
