# 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
- Gross floor area: 355,544 square feet
- Construction: The HTX1 facility is an operating data-center building at 28401 Betka Road. The facility was built around 2006 as an HP facility, was later associated with DXC, and was acquired by Serverfarm in September 2024. No exact construction-start or construction-completion dates were identified.

## 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://mlq.ai/data-centers/usa/texas/hockley/serverfarm-htx1](http://mlq.ai/data-centers/usa/texas/hockley/serverfarm-htx1)
- [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)
- [Serverfarm HTX1 | 28401 Betka Road, Houston - datacenterHawk](https://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/serverfarm/28401-betka-road/htx1)
- [DXC Technology — Katy, TX Data Center | DC Hub](https://dchub.cloud/facility/19372)
- [Fetched web page](https://geotecheng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Towers.pdf)
- [MLQ.ai - AI infrastructure intelligence](https://mlq.ai/data-centers/usa/texas/hockley/serverfarm-htx1/)
- [Serverfarm / SF HOUH, LLC 87986 — Hockley, TX | MLQ Infrastructure](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/texas/hockley/87986/)
- [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)
- [HP DATA CENTER - HOCKLEY, TX | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/hp-data-center-af7a9788)
- [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
- [Houston Data Centers - 50 Facilities from 42 Operators](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/houston/)
- [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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