Lowe's Data Center — San Antonio, TX · Ask the Grid

Overview

Exact-site power: 5 MW; Utility Service · Reported
Status: Operating; Operating Lowe's data-center facility; a separate UPS modernization project at the same address was registered and had a scheduled completion date of July 31, 2026.
Project cost: $126.0M; Estimated construction cost in the cited project filing.
Opened: 2007; Original San Antonio data center
Compute profile: Enterprise

Project scope: Lowe's announced a new San Antonio data center on June 29, 2006, with an approximately $60 million investment and an expected mid-2007 operational date. Reputable local reporting states Lowe's opened its Westover Hills facility in 2007.
Power and grid: Reported power capacity for the operational Lowe's Data Center exact asset; this is not identified as requested, contracted, approved, energized, critical IT, onsite-generation, backup-generation, or battery-storage capacity.
Compute role: Operational Lowe's-owned, Lowe's-operated, and Lowe's-developed enterprise data-center facility in San Antonio. A reported site power capacity of 5.0 MW is available, but critical IT load is not disclosed.
Cooling and environment: Lowe’s has a corporate commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2050; the reviewed sources do not identify a separate commitment specific to this facility.
Local reporting: The trade article reported Lowe’s selection of San Antonio for a major data center in Westover Hills, subject to City Council approval of an incentive package.

Original San Antonio data center

Lowe's announced the San Antonio data center on June 29, 2006, describing an approximately $60 million investment including land, building, and equipment. The facility was expected to be operational by mid-2007, and local reporting states Lowe's opened its Westover Hills facility in 2007. The reported 100,000-square-foot figure was an initial planned size, not a verified as-built gross floor area.

Lowe's Data Center Expansion

Expansion to the existing Lowe's data center at 10045 Rogers Run. The official TDLR record lists registration on June 6, 2011, a scheduled start of July 1, 2011, and a scheduled completion of May 1, 2012. A secondary public-record summary reports proposed and actual operation on May 1, 2012. TDLR lists the project's square footage as unknown.

Lowe's UPS Modernization

UPS modernization at the exact Lowe's data-center address. The official TDLR record identifies electrical equipment replacement, including UPS equipment, with required electrical, mechanical, architectural, and fire-protection modifications. The 10,418-square-foot figure is the affected project area, not total gross floor area or data-hall area. TDLR lists the project as registered, with a scheduled start of January 2, 2025 and scheduled completion of July 31, 2026; no commercial-operation date is stated.

Power and grid

Capacity	Basis	Status	Scope	As of
5 MW	Utility Service	Reported	Exact Asset	2026-07-27
Reported power capacity for the operational Lowe's Data Center exact asset; this is not identified as requested, contracted, approved, energized, critical IT, onsite-generation, backup-generation, or battery-storage capacity.

Utility: Karnes Electric COOP INC
Balancing authority: ERCOT
ISO / RTO: ERCOT
Point of interconnection: Karnes Electric COOP INC power grid; specific substation and POI name not identified
Power sources: Utility-supplied electricity via Karnes Electric COOP INC
Dockets: EABPRJB1813135 · TABS2025004352

Facility and development

Construction: Lowe's announced a new San Antonio data center on June 29, 2006, with an approximately $60 million investment and an expected mid-2007 operational date. Reputable local reporting states Lowe's opened its Westover Hills facility in 2007. A separately documented expansion at 10045 Rogers Run was registered with TDLR on June 6, 2011, scheduled to start July 1, 2011, and scheduled for completion May 1, 2012; it is reported as operational from May 1, 2012. A later UPS modernization project at the same address was registered October 29, 2024, with a scheduled construction start of January 2, 2025 and scheduled completion July 31, 2026. The modernization record describes electrical, mechanical, architectural, and fire-protection modifications affecting 10,418 square feet, but does not establish total facility floor area.
Facility class: Enterprise
Operating context: Operational Lowe's-owned, Lowe's-operated, and Lowe's-developed enterprise data-center facility in San Antonio. A reported site power capacity of 5.0 MW is available, but critical IT load is not disclosed.
Environmental commitments: Lowe’s has a corporate commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2050; the reviewed sources do not identify a separate commitment specific to this facility. · Lowe’s corporate responsibility materials state that its water-stewardship policy guides water-management decisions across its value chain, but do not provide a facility-specific implementation or performance figure for this site.
Environmental impacts: A reputable trade report described the Lowe’s San Antonio data center as using substantial power, with electricity-related revenue flowing through CPS Energy; no site-specific emissions or water-impact quantity was reported.
Project cost (USD): 126,000,000
Incentives (USD): 4,759,361
Tax abatements: City of San Antonio Ordinance 2006-06-29-0739 approved a 100% ad valorem tax exemption for 10 years on personal property and real-property improvements for the Lowe's data center. · The 2013 First Amendment reduced the abatement percentage from 100% to a maximum of 68%, reduced the full-time-position requirement from 22 to 15, permitted qualifying contract workers, and provided that no further grant payments or fee waivers would be payable for the remainder of the agreement term.
Utility agreements: City of San Antonio Chapter 380 Economic Development Grant Agreement: up to $200,000 reimbursement for a SAWS redundant waterline and up to $100,000 for permitting fees and related project costs, subject to actual invoiced costs; the total grant was capped at $300,000.
Permits and dockets: Texas TDLR Architectural Barriers Project EABPRJB1813135, LOWE'S DATA CENTER EXPANSION, 10045 Rogers Run, San Antonio: registered June 6, 2011; start date July 1, 2011; completion date May 1, 2012; estimated cost $25,200,000; additions to existing building; privately funded; project closed; Lowe's identified as owner.
Transactions: June 29, 2006: San Antonio designated a 10-acre Lowe's Reinvestment Zone within the Westover Hills Development Master Plan and approved the initial tax phase-in and economic-development grant package. · The 2006 City agenda described a planned 100,000-square-foot data center on 10 acres, with approximately $126 million of improvements and a total projected capital investment of $200 million over 20 years. · 2011–2012: Lowe's completed the documented expansion to the existing data center under TDLR project EABPRJB1813135 at an estimated cost of $25,200,000.
Public hearings: The City of San Antonio held a public hearing on June 29, 2006, in the Council Chambers at 114 W. Commerce regarding designation of the Lowe’s Reinvestment Zone and considered evidence and testimony for or against the designation. · The incentive request was presented to the Economic Development and International Affairs Committee on June 20, 2006; the City Council passed the related reinvestment-zone and tax-phase-in ordinances on June 29, 2006.
Community benefits: The approved project was expected to create 22 high-tech jobs averaging $51,700 annually, generate at least $1.1 million in annual payroll, and create full-time contractor jobs for local information-technology professionals. · The City projected approximately $200 million in total investment over 20 years, approximately $2.29 million in new sales-tax and CPS Energy revenues during the 10-year phase-in, and approximately $4.95 million in net benefits to the City over 20 years. · The project included a one-time economic-development grant of up to $300,000 for redundant water-utility infrastructure and related project costs. · City officials stated that the project would strengthen San Antonio’s information-technology industry and help attract future high-growth technology companies.
Petitions: No petition concerning the Lowe’s Westover Hills data-center site was identified in the reviewed records or targeted search results.
Opposition or litigation: No opposition campaign or litigation specifically targeting the Lowe’s Westover Hills data-center parcel was identified. · The 2016 Lowe’s lawsuit involving San Antonio and Bexar County concerned tax assessments for Lowe’s retail stores under the dark-store theory, not the data center.

Identity and campus: Lowe's Data Center
Also reported as Lowe's San Antonio Data Ctr.
Regulatory record: The exact asset is Lowe's data center at 10045 Rogers Run, San Antonio. San Antonio approved a 2006 tax phase-in and Chapter 380 grant package for the facility; a 2013 amendment reduced the required full-time positions from 22 to 15, allowed qualifying contract workers, reduced the tax abatement to a maximum of 68%, and ended further grant payments. The site also has a closed TDLR permit for a 2011–2012 expansion.

Lowe's Data Center

Lowe's Data Center

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Original San Antonio data center

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