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Snapshot compiled 2026-09-04. If a live public feed is not available, this app does not invent one.

Priority: utility documents, regulator filings, government records, company filings, manufacturer specifications, peer-reviewed research, credible industry studies, then journalism. Random blogs are not authority.

Utility & grid operator

5 sources
Utility & grid operatorHigh confidence

CPS Energy Board of Trustees board book

CPS Energy

Published 2026-04-27 · Data TTM ending Jan 2026 · San Antonio

Primary utility document. Residential bill comparison at 1,000 kWh.

Open sourcecpsenergy.com

cpsenergy.com

Utility & grid operatorHigh confidence

ERCOT’s New Batch Connection Process for Large Electricity Users

ERCOT

Published 2026-06-18 · Data mid-2026 · ERCOT

Defines large user as a single site >75 MW. Queue is requested interconnection, not operating load.

Open sourceercot.com

ercot.com

Utility & grid operatorMedium confidence

ERCOT summer peak outlook

ERCOT / contemporaneous reporting

Published 2026-06-01 · Data summer 2026 · ERCOT

All-time peak 85,508 MW on 10 Aug 2023 is a recorded fact. Summer 2026 forecast figures are projections.

Open sourceercot.com

ercot.com

Utility & grid operatorMedium confidence

Power transformer lead-time survey (industry reporting of Wood Mackenzie)

Wood Mackenzie via trade press

Published 2026-09-03 · Data 2025 Q2 survey · United States

Market estimate: ~128 weeks for power transformers; ~144 weeks for GSU. Not a purchase-order.

Open sourcemondaq.com

mondaq.com

Utility & grid operatorHigh confidence

Managing Large Load Growth Responsibly (CAC informational update)

CPS Energy

Published 2026-03-11 · Data as of 2026-01-12 · CPS Energy territory

Primary utility slide deck. Funnel: 59 projects / 26,146 MW requested. Contracted 335 MW. Forecasted large-load growth ~630 MW in 5 years, ~1,500 MW in 10 years. Data-center segment ~$110M non-fuel revenue from ~21 customers. Requested MW is not operating MW.

Open sourcecpsenergy.com

cpsenergy.com

Government & regulator

5 sources
Government & regulatorMedium confidence

Bexar County is home to at least 30 data centers and counting

San Antonio Report

Published 2026-08-02 · Data 2026 · Bexar County

Cites Texas Tribune research and TDLR construction filings.

Open sourcesanantonioreport.org

sanantonioreport.org

Government & regulatorHigh confidence

Average U.S. residential electricity consumption

U.S. Energy Information Administration

Published 2025 · United States

About 10,500 kWh per household per year is a national average, not a San Antonio meter.

Open sourceeia.gov

eia.gov

Government & regulatorHigh confidence

Texas Senate Bill 6 (large-load interconnection / curtailment)

Texas Legislature

Published 2025 · Texas / ERCOT

Large loads at or above 75 MW face additional disclosure and grid-stress obligations. A 5 MW hall is below that threshold.

Open sourcecapitol.texas.gov

capitol.texas.gov

Government & regulatorMedium confidence

CPS Energy average bill and possible rate discussion

San Antonio Report

Published 2026-08-25 · Data June 2026 board · San Antonio

CPS cited $191.77 average monthly bill. A 4% increase was discussed by a council member, not adopted as of the article.

Open sourcesanantonioreport.org

sanantonioreport.org

Government & regulatorHigh confidence

Data Centers in Virginia (Report 598)

Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission

Published 2024-12-09 · Data 2023–2024 · Virginia (method example — not a Texas finding)

Multi-dimensional public-sector examination: economy, tax, employment, electricity, water, land, noise, community. Independent modeling plus stakeholder interviews. Do not copy Virginia conclusions onto Bexar County. Reuse the categories.

Open sourcejlarc.virginia.gov

jlarc.virginia.gov

Research & national labs

6 sources
Research & national labsHigh confidence

2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Published 2024-12-19 · Data 2014–2028 · United States

LBNL-2001637. Congressional update to the 2016 study. Scenario range, not a point forecast.

Open sourceeta-publications.lbl.gov

eta-publications.lbl.gov

Research & national labsMedium confidence

Data Center Workforce Requirements

Hamm Institute

Published 2025-11-01 · United States (industry benchmark)

Benchmark ranges, not a San Antonio payroll. Construction vs operations are separate.

Open sourcehamminstitute.org

hamminstitute.org

Research & national labsMedium confidence

Large power transformer procurement timelines

U.S. Department of Energy / GAO (as cited in NREL)

Published 2024 · United States

Typical LPTs 30–36 months; some extra-high-voltage units up to 60 months.

Open sourceenergy.gov

energy.gov

Research & national labsHigh confidence

LBNL 2024 PUE and WUE aggregates

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Published 2024-12-19 · Data 2023 · United States

Average PUE ~1.4 in 2023; average WUE ~0.36–0.38 L/kWh. Averages hide architecture.

Open sourceescholarship.org

escholarship.org

Research & national labsHigh confidence

2026 Large Load Literature Review and Data Sources (September update)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Published 2026-09-01 · Data 2026 · United States

Monthly catalog of large-load research. September 2026 update grouped 41 publications into 12 themes including rate impacts, reliability, tariffs, siting, transmission, interconnection, generation, and policy.

Open sourceenergyanalysis.lbl.gov

energyanalysis.lbl.gov

Research & national labsLimited public data

San Antonio Data Centers Community Survey

Office of Councilwoman Phyllis Viagran, District 3, in partnership with Dr. Bassel Daher, Texas A&M University

Published 2026 · Data 2026 · San Antonio (opt-in respondents)

Open opt-in instrument. Organizers have reported 1,000+ responses and roughly 80% of respondents opposing. Not a probability sample. Full methodology and dataset not released as of this snapshot. Do not treat as 80% of San Antonio.

Open sourcesurveymonkey.com

surveymonkey.com

Company & industry

8 sources
Company & industryHigh confidence

Measuring energy and water efficiency for Microsoft datacenters

Microsoft

Published 2025-09-01 · Data FY25 (Jul 2024–Jun 2025) · Global / Americas

Company-reported PUE/WUE for facilities Microsoft fully owns and that were operational 12 months.

Open sourcedatacenters.microsoft.com

datacenters.microsoft.com

Company & industryHigh confidence

CPS Energy eyes more natural gas as electricity demand soars

Axios San Antonio

Published 2026-05-12 · Data 2026 · CPS Energy service territory

Quotes CPS Energy market-policy staff on peak-demand forecast revision.

Open sourceaxios.com

axios.com

Company & industryHigh confidence

Outdoor sound propagation (ISO 9613-2) — method, not a site measurement

ISO

Published 1996 · Method

Point-source rule of thumb ~6 dB per doubling of distance over hard ground is a simplification. Real sites need modeled assessments.

Open sourceiso.org

iso.org

Company & industryHigh confidence

ASHRAE thermal guidelines / climate zone 2A (hot-humid)

ASHRAE

Published 2021 · San Antonio climate

San Antonio is a hot-humid climate. Dry coolers lose capacity on extreme afternoons; many designs add adiabatic assist, which reintroduces water.

Open sourceashrae.org

ashrae.org

Company & industryHigh confidence

PUE and WUE metric definitions

The Green Grid / ISO/IEC 30134

Published 2011–2016 · Industry standard

PUE = total facility energy / IT energy. WUE = annual site water (L) / IT energy (kWh).

Open sourcethegreengrid.org

thegreengrid.org

Company & industryHigh confidence

ANSI/TIA-942-C Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers

Telecommunications Industry Association

Published 2024 · Industry standard

Recognizes different types and sizes of data centers. Covers electrical, mechanical, cooling, architecture, telecommunications, security, and resilience. Not a community-impact study.

Open sourcetiaonline.org

tiaonline.org

Company & industryHigh confidence

ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines for data processing environments

ASHRAE

Published 2021 · Industry standard

Air classes A1–A4 and liquid classes W1–W5 / high-density H1. Warm-water classes (W3/W4) are what make dry, compressor-light rejection possible. A class is a thermal envelope, not a water meter.

Open sourceashrae.org

ashrae.org

Company & industryHigh confidence

Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3

Nature / Google DeepMind

Published 2024-05-08 · Scientific literature (not a San Antonio site)

Example of a compute-heavy scientific workload. Not evidence that any San Antonio hall runs this model.

Open sourcenature.com

nature.com

Journalism

12 sources
JournalismHigh confidence

San Antonio has over 20 data centers and more on the way

San Antonio Report

Published 2026-03-07 · Data 2026-03 · San Antonio / Bexar County

Quotes CPS Energy and SAWS officials in a City Council briefing.

Open sourcesanantonioreport.org

sanantonioreport.org

JournalismHigh confidence

SAWS expected to vote on raising water rates in May

San Antonio Express-News

Published 2026-04-07 · Data 2026 · SAWS

Recycled-water share of data-center use and system capacity figures attributed to SAWS.

Open sourceexpressnews.com

expressnews.com

JournalismHigh confidence

Texas law shields San Antonio-area data center water usage from public records

KSAT Investigates

Published 2026-07-28 · Data 2026 · Bexar County

Texas Government Code §552.1331. Individual account water use after smart meters is not publicly releasable.

Open sourceksat.com

ksat.com

JournalismMedium confidence

Stream Data Centers San Antonio III campus reporting

San Antonio Express-News / company announcements

Published 2024-06-26 · Data 2024–2025 · West San Antonio

Announced 200 MW IT / 1.5 million sq ft / 135 acres / on-site CPS substation. Treat announced capacity as design intent, not current draw.

Open sourceexpressnews.com

expressnews.com

JournalismMedium confidence

CyrusOne Castroville campus filing

San Antonio Express-News / TDLR

Published 2026-07-18 · Castroville / Medina County

$500 million, 460,000 sq ft, completion targeted June 2027. Capacity not disclosed in the cited filing.

Open sourceexpressnews.com

expressnews.com

JournalismMedium confidence

Vantage TX12 TDLR filing

DatacenterDynamics

Published 2025-09-23 · 17420 Omicron Drive, Bexar County

Filing describes up to 96 MW critical IT across 432,800 sq ft.

Open sourcedatacenterdynamics.com

datacenterdynamics.com

JournalismMedium confidence

Hitachi Energy transformer wait times

Nikkei Asia

Published 2026-03-25 · United States / global

Manufacturer-attributed: large power transformers more than 30 months.

Open sourceasia.nikkei.com

asia.nikkei.com

JournalismLimited public data

Switchgear, transformer, and generator lead times 2026

Terrapin Consulting (market compilation)

Published 2026-06-10 · United States

Industry compilation, not a manufacturer quote. Treat as market estimate.

Open sourceterrapincg.com

terrapincg.com

JournalismLimited public data

Community reporting on Vantage cooling and CPS pipeline

Deceleration

Published 2026-06-08 · West San Antonio

Advocacy-leaning journalism. Company claim of hotel-scale water via closed loop is a claim, not a meter reading. Pipeline counts vary by source.

Open sourcedeceleration.news

deceleration.news

JournalismHigh confidence

San Antonio City Council considers temporary pause on new data centers

KSAT

Published 2026-08-25 · Data 2026-08-25 · San Antonio

Special session. Councilman Ric Galvan proposed a temporary pause on new applications. No moratorium was adopted that day. Staff recommended UDC amendments; a staff update was expected in October 2026.

Open sourceksat.com

ksat.com

JournalismHigh confidence

San Antonio will consider regulating data centers. It’s unclear if that involves a moratorium.

San Antonio Report

Published 2026-08-25 · Data 2026-08-25 · San Antonio

Development Services: a moratorium could last up to 180 days, would not stop projects already in utility negotiations (at least 12 cited), and requires public hearings. Also notes Gov. Abbott’s Aug 3, 2026 statewide interconnection pause pending ERCOT audit.

Open sourcesanantonioreport.org

sanantonioreport.org

JournalismLimited public data

San Antonio data centers guzzled 463 million gallons of water as area faced drought

San Antonio Current

Published 2025-07-30 · Data 2023–2024 · San Antonio (two named facilities)

Two facilities (Microsoft and U.S. Army Corps) combined, across two years — not the city’s entire fleet, and not a single year. The article attributes the gallons to SAWS figures via a secondary magazine. Treat as limited-confidence secondary reporting.

Open sourcesacurrent.com

sacurrent.com