Texas Data Center Watch- Status
- Approved (tax abatement); registered (TDLR)
- Developer / parties
- CyrusOne LP
- Location
- Castroville area (3397 US Hwy 90 W; west of Castroville city limits), Medina County
- Size
- ~244.3-acre reinvestment zone on US 90 (minutes); one-story building, 460,000 sq ft (TDLR TABS); Devine News: 500,000 sq ft facility, with a possible second building later
- Investment
- Est. cost $500M (TDLR TABS); $600M project (per Devine News)
- Reported benefits
- County Judge Lutz forecast $78.9M for the county and other taxing entities over the first decade (per Devine News); ~$5.1M paid by CyrusOne into the county Data Center fund for County Road 4516 road work (County Judge, Sep 8 2026 minutes, draft); the agreement text (unsigned copy) sets a $5M payment due by Dec 31 2025 for County Road 4516 roads
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
Milestones
- Sep 22 2025 Commissioners Court designated CyrusOne Reinvestment Zone 1, about 244.3 acres on US Hwy 90 west of the Castroville city limits, intended for a CyrusOne data center, 4-0, and held a public hearing on a possible Chapter 312 abatement (minutes)
- Nov 3 2025 court approved 4-0 a Chapter 312 tax abatement agreement with CyrusOne LP over about 245 acres in the zone (minutes)
- Devine News: abatement is 80% of county maintenance and operations taxes for the first 10 years, excluding the farm-to-market and debt service levies
- Jul 16 2026 TDLR registration SAT14A, owner CyrusOne LP (start Jan 12 2026, completion Jun 1 2027; status Review Complete)
- Sep 8 2026 County Judge Lutz said the county's ~$5.1M Data Center fund is money received from CyrusOne about 45 days after the agreement was signed, requested for road repairs on County Road 4516 (Sep 8 minutes, draft in Oct 2 2026 agenda packet). Agreement text (a 60-page copy of the Chapter 312 agreement dated Nov 3 2025, v.2, sent to TXDCW by Medina Stands Together; it has bracketed blanks and no signature page, so it is an unsigned copy, not the executed instrument): 244.3-acre Reinvestment Zone 1 in Commissioner Precinct 2
- abatement of 80% of county maintenance and operations taxes (not the farm-to-market or debt-service levies) for 10 years per data center, starting the January 1 after its construction completion certificate
- at least $600M of assessed value in the first two data centers and at least $300M for each later one
- at least 40 full-time jobs paid at 120% of the county average weekly wage
- $5M road payment to the county for County Road 4516 due by Dec 31 2025
- construction must start within 10 years and take no more than 8
- one 'Building' is capped at 250,000 sq ft and two stories
- the company has the right to create up to six data centers
- no breach if the buildings are not built (agreement text, unsigned copy)
Related records
County Judge: ~$5.1M county Data Center fund came from CyrusOne ~45 days after the agreement, for County Road 4516 roads (draft minutes).
Source: public.destinyhosted.com ↗TDLR TABS: CyrusOne SAT14A, 3397 US Hwy 90 W, Castroville; 460,000 sq ft, $500M; completion Jun 1 2027.
Source: tdlr.texas.gov ↗Devine News: CyrusOne abatement is 80% of county M&O taxes for 10 years on a $600M, 500,000 sq ft project.
Source: devinenews.com ↗Minutes: court approves 4-0 a Chapter 312 tax abatement agreement with CyrusOne LP over ~245 acres in Reinvestment Zone 1.
Source: public.destinyhosted.com ↗Minutes: court designates CyrusOne Reinvestment Zone 1 (~244.3 acres, US 90 west of Castroville) 4-0; abatement hearing held.
Source: public.destinyhosted.com ↗Sources
- Official record public.destinyhosted.com
- Official record public.destinyhosted.com
- Official record tdlr.texas.gov
- News report devinenews.com
- Official record public.destinyhosted.com
- Company claim cyrusone.com
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