# GVTC

ERCOT data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/gvtc

GVTC operates a telecommunications-edge facility at 36101 FM 3159 in New Braunfels, Texas. No capacity, square footage, or development details were identified.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 36101 FM 3159, New Braunfels, Comal County, TX
- Operator: GVTC (exact asset) — https://gvtc.com/

## Power and grid context

- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Electric utility: New Braunfels Utilities is the best-supported utility candidate; the area-services record also lists Pedernales Electric Cooperative, so exact service assignment remains unresolved.

## Development

- Site status: Operating GVTC communications facility; the exact address is identified by GVTC as its Smithson Valley Store and corporate address.
- Construction: No separately named data-center construction project or phase was identified for the exact GVTC facility at 36101 FM 3159. Official GVTC materials identify the location as the Smithson Valley Store and describe GVTC as a fiber-optics communications provider; a TDLR record associated with the address is for a 2013 Boerne office-restroom renovation, not this site.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: telecom_edge
- Operating context: Operating GVTC communications-provider main-office/store facility at 36101 FM 3159, New Braunfels. GVTC provides fiber internet, phone, television, security, and wholesale carrier/network transport services. The evidence does not establish that this exact site is a separately named data-center building or compute campus.

## Sources

- [Data Centers in Texas](http://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/data-centers/data-center-lists.php)
- [Vintage Oaks](https://97965.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na2.net/hubfs/97965/VOV_Area_Services_List_0525161.pdf?t=1466717860233)
- [How Your Smart Home Devices Can Help You Go Green](https://blog.gvtc.com/how-your-smart-home-devices-can-help-you-go-green)
- [Fetched web page](https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot/get-involved/sat/sh46-farhills-fm3159-smithson-valley/072518-comment-card.pdf)
- [GVTC: Internet, TV, Security & Phone Service | San Antonio ...](https://gvtc.com/)
- [Fetched web page](https://gvtc.com/GVTC/media/Documents/220071_Wholesale_Transport_Services.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://gvtc.com/GVTC/media/Documents/240087-Wholesale-Flyer-Map_Interactive_2.pdf)
- [Connect With Us | Contact a Texas Communication Provider | GVTC](https://gvtc.com/about/contact)
- [GVTC Newsroom | TX Communication Service Provider | GVTC](https://gvtc.com/about/gvtc-news)
- [Contact Us | TX Community Volunteer | The GVTC Foundation](https://gvtc.com/foundation/contact-us)
- [Fetched web page](https://gvtc.com/getattachment/2107361e-279e-4c4e-b255-a09cb823a0c1/GVTC-Celebrates-75-Years-of-Service-Returns-Millions-to-Members-at-2026-Annual-Meeting.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://gvtc.com/getattachment/47d0f169-94b9-4deb-9c40-563fc3ec0214/GVTC-and-The-GVTC-Foundation-Award-2026-Scholarships-to-Local-Students.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://gvtc.com/getattachment/533532c8-a881-4a1a-803e-572f89f34178/GVTC-Becomes-First-Partner-in-Reach-Platform-Main-Street-Mobile-Campaign.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://gvtc.com/getattachment/6395b320-e736-4d2e-b064-f76d5f5a7abe/The-GVTC-Foundation-Surpasses-%247.pdf)
- [Consumer Rights Policies | TX Payment of Bills Policy](https://gvtc.com/policies/consumer-rights)
- [Backup Power Information Notice | Texas Internet Service | GVTC](https://gvtc.com/support/phone/backup-power-information-notice)
- [Wholesale Ethernet Cables | TX Carrier Ethernet Networks | GVTC](https://gvtc.com/wholesale)
- [Wholesale Ethernet Transport Services](https://gvtc.com/wholesale/ethernet-transport-services)
- [Fetched web page](https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/27385_5622_578020.PDF)
- [Control Number: 30240](https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/30240_1917_714520.PDF)
- [Fetched web page](https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/50830_48_1075693.PDF)
- [TCEQ App](https://permit-search.tceq.texas.gov/)
- [Black Friday deal! Sign up for GVTC TV, Get a $100 credit](https://promo.gvtc.com/gvtctvbf-100)
- [Working at GVTC Communications](https://topworkplaces.com/company/gvtc-communications/)
- [GVTC Communications : Quotes, Address, Contact](https://www.azooptics.com/Suppliers.aspx?SupplierID=4673)
- [OSSF Installers | Comal County, TX](https://www.comalcounty.gov/790/OSSF-Installers)
- [36101 FM 3159, NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78132](https://www.ebby.com/realestate/details/103616945/36101-fm-3159-new-braunfels-tx-78132)
- [Electric Reliability Council of Texas](https://www.ercot.com/)
- [36101 Fm 3159, New Braunfels, TX 78132 - APN/Parcel ID](https://www.loopnet.com/property/36101-fm-3159-new-braunfels-tx-78132/48091-000000081703/)
- [Residential and Commercial Service - New Braunfels Utilities ...](https://www.nbutexas.com/)
- [Infrastructure Information Portal - Residential and Commercial Service – New Braunfels Utilities Website](https://www.nbutexas.com/construction-development/infrastructure-information-portal/)
- [Fm 3159, New Braunfels, Texas, 78132](https://www.ownerly.com/tx/new-braunfels/fm-3159-home-details)
- [The Alamo Sierran Newsletter - October, 2018](https://www.sierraclub.org/texas/alamo/oct18)
- [TDLR TABS - Project Details](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Projects/EABPRJB4802982)
- [36101 Fm 3159, New Braunfels, TX 78132](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/36101-Fm-3159-New-Braunfels-TX-78132/120752783_zpid/)

## Data quality

- Official GVTC materials identify 36101 FM 3159, New Braunfels, Texas 78132, as the operator’s Smithson Valley location.
- The evidence confirms an operating communications provider and references business connectivity and data-center-related services, but does not establish a separately named data-center building, phase, tenant, capacity, or dedicated data-center campus at this address.
- The community-benefit figures and initiatives are reported at the GVTC/Foundation service-area or operator level and are not attributed exclusively to the 36101 FM 3159 facility.
- The exact-address public hearing identified in the evidence was a TxDOT road-project hearing held at the site as a venue, not a GVTC facility permitting or opposition hearing.
- The reviewed results did not identify an independent local or trade-news article directly reporting on a data-center project at this exact address; the included articles are official GVTC or Foundation releases and are classified as operator-portfolio coverage.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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