# HTX1 – Houston Data Center

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SF HOUH, LLC owns and Serverfarm operates HTX1, an active hyperscale and AI/HPC colocation facility at 28401 Betka Road, Hockley, Texas, spanning 355,544 square feet. Serverfarm reports 410 MW of IT capacity for the site. The facility serves hyperscale and AI-intensive workloads and connects to CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: building
- Location: 28401 Betka Road, Hockley, Harris County, TX
- Owner: SF HOUH, LLC (exact asset)
- Operator: Serverfarm (exact asset) — https://www.serverfarmllc.com/htx1-houston-data-center/
- Developer: Serverfarm (exact asset) — https://www.serverfarmllc.com/htx1-houston-data-center/

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 410 MW · reported · exact asset — Serverfarm reports 410 MW of IT capacity for HTX1; this is an IT-capacity figure and is not treated as utility-service, interconnection-request, or gross-campus power.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Electric utility: CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC
- Substation: On-site substation; public sources do not identify its name. A nearby CenterPoint Hockley Substation is documented at 27001 Betka Road, but its direct service relationship to HTX1 is not confirmed.
- Interconnection voltage: 138 kV

## Development

- Site status: Operating

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, colocation, ai_hpc
- Workloads: AI and high-performance workloads, hyperscale workloads
- Critical IT load: 410 MW
- Operating context: Operating Serverfarm HTX1 is a 350,000-square-foot, eight-hall data-center building at 28401 Betka Road. It is operated as an AI-ready, high-density facility serving hyperscalers and technology companies, with colocation and data-center management services.

## Sources

- [http://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/serverfarm-acquires-two-data-centers-in-houston-texas](http://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/serverfarm-acquires-two-data-centers-in-houston-texas)
- [http://serverfarmllc.com/blog/serverfarm-hou1-and-hou2-ai-campuses-for-near-term-capacity-and-phased-development-of-scale-out-sustainable-data-centers](http://serverfarmllc.com/blog/serverfarm-hou1-and-hou2-ai-campuses-for-near-term-capacity-and-phased-development-of-scale-out-sustainable-data-centers)
- [http://serverfarmllc.com/htx1-houston-data-center](http://serverfarmllc.com/htx1-houston-data-center)
- [http://whitepages.com/address/28401-Betka-Rd/Hockley-TX/AvwMRBnDlNK](http://whitepages.com/address/28401-Betka-Rd/Hockley-TX/AvwMRBnDlNK)
- [Fetched web page](https://geotecheng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Towers.pdf)
- [TCEQ App - Permit Search](https://permit-search.tceq.texas.gov/?lt=a&ps=a%7Cp&mp=wt:wrr,pws,ossf,ea,wa,waa,wqp,st)
- [INTERTIE SUBSTATION DESIGN | IEEE Houston Section ...](https://r5.ieee.org/houston/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2016/01/6-CNP-Intertie-Substaiton-Design-Mar-3-4.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://records.tceq.texas.gov/cs/idcplg?IdcService=TCEQ_EXTERNAL_SEARCH_GET_FILE&Rendition=Web&dID=8422208)
- [Fetched web page](https://records.tceq.texas.gov/cs/idcplg?IdcService=TCEQ_EXTERNAL_SEARCH_GET_FILE&dID=8197921&Rendition=Web)
- [Company - Subsidy Tracker - Good Jobs First](https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/?state=TX&program%5B%5D=Texas+Data+Center+Program+Exemption&order=company&sort=)
- [Hockley Transmission Project](https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/Corp/Pages/transmission-project-hockley.aspx)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/Documents/Hockley/Hockley-Open-House-Boards.pdf)
- [Serverfarm acquires two data centers in Houston, Texas - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/serverfarm-acquires-two-data-centers-in-houston-texas/) — Data Center Dynamics · 2024-09-12
- [Serverfarm files to build two more data centers in Houston, Texas - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/serverfarm-files-to-build-two-more-data-centers-in-houston-texas/) — Data Center Dynamics · 2025-03-25
- [About ERCOT](https://www.ercot.com/about)
- [28401 Betka Rd, Hockley, TX 77447 - APN/Parcel ID](https://www.loopnet.com/property/28401-betka-rd-hockley-tx-77447/48201-1318680010001/)
- [Data Center Campus](https://www.serverfarmllc.com/data-center-campus/)
- [HTX1 | Houston Data Center | Serverfarm](https://www.serverfarmllc.com/htx1-houston-data-center/)
- [Manulife-Backed Serverfarm Acquires Two Data Centers Providing Over 500MW of New Potential Capacity in the Houston Market](https://www.serverfarmllc.com/press-releases/manulife-backed-serverfarm-acquires-two-data-centers-providing-over-500mw-of-new-potential-capacity-in-the-houston-market/) — Serverfarm · 2024-09-10
- [Advanced Water Free Cooling System Eliminating Water Waste | AI-Ready Infrastructure](https://www.serverfarmllc.com/water-free-data-center-cooling/)
- [Who Lives at 28401 Betka Rd, Hockley, TX 77447 and Owns This Vacant | Whitepages Reverse Address](https://www.whitepages.com/address/28401-Betka-Rd/Hockley-TX/AvwMRBnDlNK)

## Data quality

- The resolved asset is the operating building identified as Serverfarm HTX1, formerly HOU1, at 28401 Betka Road, Hockley, Harris County; the adjacent HTX2 project at 4801 Betka Road was not merged into the exact-asset findings.
- The reviewed evidence identifies no named community group, petition, public hearing, opposition campaign, or litigation specifically tied to HTX1/HOU1 at 28401 Betka Road.
- The operator's workforce, economic, infrastructure, sustainability, and digital-growth statements are attributed claims and should not be treated as independently verified community outcomes.
- The TCEQ record confirms an ownership change to SF HOUH, LLC and states that the registrant reported no change in pollutant types or emissions quantity; it is not evidence of a community hearing or environmental opposition.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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