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Hutto, TX

Hutto, TX is a city in Williamson County north of Austin that has become a hub for data center development due to its proximity to major fiber optic routes and available electrical capacity.

Referenced in 4 briefingsLast referenced: August 11, 2026

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August 11, 2026

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Gov. Abbott's Audit Leaves Batch Zero With No Restart Date

April 9, 2026

Nine Months to Shape the Rules Texas Is About to Write

In Hutto, Texas, Zydeco pitched a closed-loop system needing only a one-time 20,000 gallon fill, but residents still packed three hours of opposition testimony.

April 8, 2026

Texas Built Its Tax Break for Yesterday's Data Center Market

Hutto alone is drawing Zydeco Development (pivoting from a 173-unit apartment project to a 225,000-square-foot data center), plus Colovore and Iron Mountain.

March 19, 2026

Communities Aren't Anti-Datacenter. They're Anti-Surprise.

Separately, Iron Mountain is planning its first Texas datacenter: a seven-building, 500-acre campus called Taylor Meadows near Hutto in Williamson County, targeting grid connection around 2030 with behind-the-meter natural gas generation as a bridge.

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