LightEdge Austin II Data Center — Austin, TX · Ask the Grid

Facility and development

Rack density (kW): 12
Availability tier: Conflicting third-party classifications: UPSTACK reports Tier 2 Equivalent, while Data Center Map labels the exact Austin II listing Tier 3. No definitive current operator-published tier designation was found.
Cooling systems: Direct-expansion (D/X) CRAH/CRAC units with N+1 redundancy
Cooling medium: Refrigerant in a direct-expansion (D/X) cooling system
Fiber and connectivity: Carrier-connected colocation facility with multiple carrier internet backbones, physically independent fiber entry points, Tier-1 backbone providers, and BGP4 routing. The operator’s Austin specification lists nine on-net carriers, including AT&T, Cogent, Crown Castle/FPL, FiberLight, Grande, Lumen, Logix, Spectrum, and Zayo.
Operating context: Operational LightEdge-owned and operated facility, formerly developed and operated as OnRamp Austin II. It provides colocation, managed hosting, private and virtual private cloud, hybrid hosting, compliant hosting, disaster recovery, dedicated and virtual servers, and related managed infrastructure services.
Efficiency: PUE 1.43 · actual · Exact Asset
Project cost (USD): 10,000,000
Permits and dockets: City of Austin permit 2007-167169 BP: shell building permit for 7000 Burleson Road Building B, issued November 21, 2007; reported valuation $2.8 million. · City of Austin permit 2013-027639 BP: remodel building permit for 7000 Burleson Road Building B, issued March 27, 2013; final status. · City of Austin permit series 2016-078128 BP/MP/EP: building, mechanical, and electrical remodel permits for 7000 Burleson Road Building B; the electrical record covers two new HVAC rooftop units and was completed January 11, 2017. · City of Austin permit series 2019-025213 BP/MP/EP: building, mechanical, and electrical remodel permits for 7000 Burleson Road Building B; final status. · City of Austin permit 2023-019295 EP: electrical permit with special inspections for 7000 Burleson Road Building B; final status. · City of Austin permit 2025-155325 BP: commercial finish-out to expand a data center into existing shell areas at 7000 Burleson Road Building B, Unit 100, including two AE transformers; filed December 18, 2025 and approved January 12, 2026.
Transactions: OnRamp announced development of its second Austin data center in February 2013, with Square One Consultants overseeing design, development, and construction. · OnRamp completed and opened Austin II on March 20, 2014. Contemporary reporting states that construction cost about $10 million. · LightEdge acquired Austin-based OnRamp in July 2018, bringing the Austin II facility into LightEdge’s portfolio. DH Capital served as OnRamp’s exclusive financial advisor for the acquisition.
Community benefits: OnRamp employed 50 people in Austin when the facility opened; the source reports this at the company level and does not allocate all 50 positions specifically to Austin II. · The facility was developed to provide high-security hosting, cloud computing, and disaster-recovery services for healthcare, technology, and financial-services customers nationally and internationally. · The facility housed on-site engineering teams and operated with year-round 24/7 staffing.

Identity and campus: LightEdge Austin II
Also reported as Austin Data Center #2, Austin II, OnRamp Austin II Data Ctr, LightEdge - Austin II.
Regulatory record: LightEdge Austin II is an operational facility at 7000-B Burleson Road, Suite 400. The site is connected to Austin Energy and is on the ERCOT grid. Address-specific records show completed shell, remodel, electrical, mechanical, and data-center expansion permits, including a 2025 permit to expand the data center into existing shell areas with two AE transformers. The Texas Comptroller’s qualifying-data-center list reviewed does not identify LightEdge Austin II, OnRamp Austin II, or the 7000-B Burleson site by name.
Availability tier: Conflicting third-party classifications: UPSTACK reports Tier 2 Equivalent, while Data Center Map labels the exact Austin II listing Tier 3. No definitive current operator-published tier designation was found.

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