Element Critical Austin One

Operating · Element Critical · 8025 North Interstate Hwy 35, Austin, TX

Element Critical operates Austin One, a 62,000-sq-ft facility at 8025 North Interstate Hwy 35 in Austin, with 11.28 acres currently operating. The operator reports 7 MW total utility capacity and 8.5 MW of generator backup power with automatic transfer; planned expansion targets 13 MW total utility power.

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Overview

Status: Operating
Operating as Element Critical Austin One as of 2026-07-27; the site also has completed renovations and additional permitted/remodel work.
Exact-site power: 7 MW
Utility Service · Reported
Facility size: 62,000 sq ft
Facility
Project cost: $10.0M
Estimated construction cost in the cited project filing.

Element Critical Austin One

Operating · Element Critical · 8025 North Interstate Hwy 35, Austin, TX

Element Critical operates Austin One, a 62,000-sq-ft facility at 8025 North Interstate Hwy 35 in Austin, with 11.28 acres currently operating. The operator reports 7 MW total utility capacity and 8.5 MW of generator backup power with automatic transfer; planned expansion targets 13 MW total utility power.

Website Open in grid

Overview

Status: Operating
Operating as Element Critical Austin One as of 2026-07-27; the site also has completed renovations and additional permitted/remodel work.
Exact-site power: 7 MW
Utility Service · Reported
Facility size: 62,000 sq ft
Facility
Project cost: $10.0M
Estimated construction cost in the cited project filing.

Compute profile

Colocation · Enterprise

mission-critical applications · high-bandwidth workloads

Cooling design

Air, with a closed-loop air-cooled system; no site-specific water-based cooling medium is reported.

Highly efficient air-cooled chillers in a closed-loop air-cooled cooling system · N+1 cooling architecture with hot- and cold-aisle containment; liquid-cooled immersion is an optional customer configuration

Profile

Project scope: Existing 8025 North Interstate 35 facility was operating by Digital Realty's June 2012 acquisition. A 2022–2023 interior-improvements/finish-out project covered approximately 6,800 sq ft, followed by the 2023–2025 Element Critical-AUS1 Master Plan, a 14,996-sq-ft renovation to add data-center capacity.
Power and grid: 7 MW of utility service is reported for the exact facility.
Compute role: Standalone Element Critical Austin One colocation facility offering retail cabinets, cages, private suites and up to 1 MW wholesale dedicated data halls. It supports enterprise, hybrid IT, multi-cloud, disaster-recovery and business-continuity deployments, with scalable power and cooling.
Cooling and environment: Highly efficient air-cooled chillers in a closed-loop air-cooled cooling system. N+1 cooling architecture with hot- and cold-aisle containment; liquid-cooled immersion is an optional customer configuration. The closed-loop air-cooled design is stated to significantly limit evaporation; the facility is also reported to be outside the 100-year and 500-year floodplains.
Local reporting: Local Austin coverage reported a major expansion at the North Austin data center under new owner vXchnge.

Organizations

Material, source-backed organizations directly involved with this facility or its parent campus. Duplicate legal names and incidental community mentions are excluded.

OrganizationRoleScope

SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc.OwnerExact Asset

Element CriticalOperatorExact Asset

Austin EnergyUtilityExact Asset

Big State ElectricalContractorPhase

Rogers-O'Brien Construction Co.ContractorPhase

Southland IndustriesContractorPhase

Jacobs Engineering GroupDesign FirmPhase

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Jun 19, 2012
Jun 19, 2012
Existing Austin data-center facility announced
Existing 62,000-sq-ft facility documented as operating at the time of Digital Realty's acquisition; the reported 4.5 MW figure is the critical load over 30,000 raised sq ft, not necessarily the site's current total power.
Sep 26, 2017
Sep 26, 2017
vXchnge raises $200m to significantly expand Austin data centerData Center...
Reports financing for vXchnge expansion and significant additions planned for its Austin facility. The article identifies the Austin facility but does not display the street address in the retrieved text.
Oct 24, 2017
Oct 24, 2017
Digital Realty Sells Austin Data Center to Tenant vXchnge for $20MData Center...
Reports vXchnge’s acquisition of the Austin facility from Digital Realty and explicitly identifies the facility at 8025 N. Interstate Hwy. 35. It also reports expansion at that location.
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1. Oct 30, 2017
  Oct 30, 2017
  Big expansion on way at North Austin data center under new owner vXchngeAustin Busi...
  Local Austin coverage reported a major expansion at the North Austin data center under new owner vXchnge. The retrieved article identifies the vXchnge Austin facility; its exact-site linkage is corroborated by official address records and contemporaneous trade reporting.
2. Sep 14, 2021
Jul 20, 2023
Jul 20, 2023
Element Critical-AUS1 Master Plan announced
Element Critical-AUS1 Master Plan renovation of the existing building to provide additional data-center capacity. The official TDLR record states that partitions would be removed/installed to create new data-center space and that additional power would be provided.
Aug 1, 2023
Aug 1, 2023
Element Critical-AUS1 Master Plan construction started
Element Critical-AUS1 Master Plan renovation of the existing building to provide additional data-center capacity. The official TDLR record states that partitions would be removed/installed to create new data-center space and that additional power would be provided.
Mar 1, 2025
Mar 1, 2025
Element Critical-AUS1 Master Plan construction completion scheduled
Element Critical-AUS1 Master Plan renovation of the existing building to provide additional data-center capacity. The official TDLR record states that partitions would be removed/installed to create new data-center space and that additional power would be provided.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

data.austintexas.govhttps://data.austintexas.gov/api/views/ums6-jers/r...Government filing

permit-search.tceq.texas.govPermit Search - Texas.govGovernment filing

services.austintexas.govSourceGovernment filing

Sep 14, 2021

Element Critical confirms vXchnge Austin data center acquisitionData Center...

Reports Element Critical’s 2021 acquisition of vXchnge’s Austin One data center and planned expansion. The article identifies Austin One; the exact address is confirmed by the operator and official TDLR records.

Sep 26, 2022

Element Critical interior improvements / finish-out announced

Interior improvements/finish-out at 8025 N IH35. TDLR-derived project information reports approximately 6,800 sq ft, registration on 2022-09-26, construction start on 2022-10-24, and project closure after the January 2023 completion/inspection.

Oct 24, 2022

Element Critical interior improvements / finish-out construction started

Interior improvements/finish-out at 8025 N IH35. TDLR-derived project information reports approximately 6,800 sq ft, registration on 2022-09-26, construction start on 2022-10-24, and project closure after the January 2023 completion/inspection.

Jan 9, 2023

Element Critical interior improvements / finish-out construction completion scheduled

Interior improvements/finish-out at 8025 N IH35. TDLR-derived project information reports approximately 6,800 sq ft, registration on 2022-09-26, construction start on 2022-10-24, and project closure after the January 2023 completion/inspection.