# Houston I

ERCOT data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/houston-i

Stream Data Centers operates Houston I, a 74,901-square-foot private data-center facility at 4001 Technology Forest Boulevard in The Woodlands, which has been operating since 2013. The facility reports 7.8 MW of 2N critical load, 2.4 MW currently energized, and supports HPC, enterprise, and edge workloads.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 4001 Technology Forest Blvd, The Woodlands, Texas

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 7.8 MW · operating · exact asset — 2N critical load reported for Houston I.
- Utility service: 7.5 MW · reported · exact asset — Redundant utility-feed capacity reported for the facility.
- Critical it load: 6.75 MW · target · exact asset — Critical-capacity support reported for the exact Houston I facility.
- Energized power: 2.4 MW · energized · exact asset — Power currently commissioned at the purpose-built facility.
- Leasable it load: 1.1 MW · reported · exact asset — Flexible turnkey capacity reported as available.
- Utility service: 7 MW · reported · exact asset — Total power reported by a third-party facility directory.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Electric utility: Entergy
- Substation: Two unnamed substations; the facility is described as having dual underground utility feeds from two substations.

## Development

- Site status: Operating; the facility is also listed as sold.
- Gross floor area: 74,901 square feet
- Construction: Houston I is an operating Stream Data Centers private data-center facility. The facility is described as a 74,901-square-foot building containing three independent 10,000-square-foot private data-center suites; official operator material states it has maintained uptime since 2013.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, enterprise, ai_hpc
- Workloads: high-performance computing, HPC and supercomputer deployments, enterprise infrastructure, cloud computing, IoT, edge, and 5G applications
- Critical IT load: 7.8 MW
- Operating context: Operating since 2013 as Stream Data Centers’ Houston I private data center (IAHA1), with three independent 10,000-square-foot private data-center suites and retail-colocation availability. The facility supports high-performance computing and enterprise infrastructure, with independent power and cooling per suite and turnkey capacity described by Stream.

## Sources

- [New Red Oak Data Center Project Meets Community Pushback](http://dallasobserver.com/news/red-oak-data-center-meets-community-resistance-40674118)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/state/tx/san-antonio](http://datacenter.fyi/state/tx/san-antonio)
- [http://datacenters.com/stream-houston-1-the-woodlands](http://datacenters.com/stream-houston-1-the-woodlands)
- [http://streamdatacenters.com/locations/houston-the-woodlands](http://streamdatacenters.com/locations/houston-the-woodlands)
- [http://streamdatacenters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SDC-SpecSheet_HOU1_20240718.pdf](http://streamdatacenters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SDC-SpecSheet_HOU1_20240718.pdf)
- [http://wiredre.com/texas-data-center-sold-by-stream-data-centers](http://wiredre.com/texas-data-center-sold-by-stream-data-centers)
- [Stream Data Centers](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/stream-data-centers)
- [Stream Data Centers Houston I | 4001 Technology Forest Blvd, Houston - datacenterHawk](https://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/stream-data-centers/4001-technology-forest-blvd/houston-i)
- [Stream Data Centers secures Houston-area lease - The Business Press](https://fortworthbusiness.com/real-estate/stream-data-centers-secures-houston-area-lease/)
- [Dallas company plans construction of state-of-the-art data center in TheWoodlands - CultureMap Houston](https://houston.culturemap.com/news/real-estate/01-09-12-massive-leed-certified-data-center-planned-for-woodlands) — CultureMap Houston · 2012-01-09
- [Interchange - Filings](https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/search/filings/?ControlNumber=48934&ItemMatch=0&SortBy=FilingDescription&SortOrder=Descending)
- [Lawsuit seeks environmental review of STAMP data center](https://investigativepost.org/2025/07/08/tonawanda-senecas-sierra-club-sue-over-stamp-data-center/)
- [Stream Data Centers EABPRJB2809452 — The Woodlands, TX](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/texas/the-woodlands/eabprjb2809452/)
- [TCEQ Records Online - Texas.gov](https://records.tceq.texas.gov/)
- [Texas Data Center Sold By Stream Data Centers](https://wiredre.com/texas-data-center-sold-by-stream-data-centers/)
- [Stream Data Centers Data Center in The Woodlands Texas](https://www.datacenters.com/stream-houston-1-the-woodlands)
- [Datacenter 00744177375 — Datacenter in TX · GridCensus](https://www.gridcensus.com/datacenters/datacenter-00744177375-f085342a)
- [The Woodlands, Texas, United States Data Centers](https://www.ocolo.io/data-centers/united-states/texas/the-woodlands/)
- [Stream Data Centers Commissions Houston-Area Data Center](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stream-data-centers-commissions-houston-area-data-center-210999831.html)
- [Central Market Petition - The Woodlands : r/thewoodlands](https://www.reddit.com/r/thewoodlands/comments/1nw42e9/central_market_petition_the_woodlands/)
- [Data Centers Houston - The Woodlands, Texas | Stream Data Centers](https://www.streamdatacenters.com/locations/houston-the-woodlands/)
- [Stream Data Centers & Crown Castle Bring New Fiber to Houston](https://www.streamdatacenters.com/news/stream-data-centers-and-crown-castle-bring-new-fiber-into-the-woodlands/) — Stream Data Centers · 2020-10-20
- [Fetched web page](https://www.streamdatacenters.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/TX-Tax-Incentives-Flyer.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.streamdatacenters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SDC-SpecSheet_HOU1_20240718.pdf)
- [TCEQ Data and Records - Texas.gov](https://www.tceq.texas.gov/agency/data)
- [TDLR TABS - Project Details](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Projects/EABPRJB2809452)
- [The Woodlands to get first data center](https://www.yourconroenews.com/neighborhood/moco/news/article/The-Woodlands-to-get-first-data-center-9247171.php) — YourConroeNews / The Courier · 2012-02-06

## Data quality

- Exact-site identity is supported by the official operator page, local reporting, and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation permit record, all identifying Houston I or Stream Houston Private Data Center I at 4001 Technology Forest Boulevard in The Woodlands.
- The TDLR record identifies a March 14, 2012 registration, a May 1, 2012 start date, a February 1, 2013 completion date, an estimated cost of $35 million, and an inspection-complete status.
- The TDLR record lists IP Stream Houston LLC as owner and does not assign a tenant. The operator page labels the facility a private data center with sold status.
- Results concerning Red Oak, New York's STAMP project, and other unrelated petitions or litigation were excluded because they do not identify this site.
- No unsupported MW, water-use, PUE, WUE, equipment, building-count, tenant, or commercial-term claims are included.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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