Lumen Austin 3 Data Center — Austin, TX · Ask the Grid

Facility and development

Gross floor area (sq ft): 9,457
Buildings: 1
Construction: The property is documented as a 1923-built, two-story office building that was completely renovated in 2001. The exact Lumen Austin 3 facility is listed as an operational former WilTel/Level 3 site at 500 B. Chicon Street, with no separately documented data-center construction or expansion timeline.
Land transaction: The Texas Society of Architects announced a decision to sell 500 Chicon in 2025 and stated that its last day there was May 1, 2025; the buyer, closing date, price, and transaction terms were not identified.
Facility class: Colocation · Cloud
Workloads: colocation workloads · cloud workloads
Fiber and connectivity: Diverse fiber connectivity with Level 3 portfolio services, backhaul options, and alternate carrier networks available.
Operating context: Operational Lumen Austin 3 facility at 500 B. Chicon Street; it is a former WilTel/Level 3 site offering private cabinets and colocation, cloud, and connectivity services. Public listings report 5,000 sq. ft. total space and 986 sq. ft. of colocation space.
Utility agreements: Fiber lease/indefeasible-right-of-use arrangement between Cogent Communications, Inc. and Williams Communications, Inc.; the related SEC exhibit identifies the Austin POP as 500 Chicon Street, Austin, TX 78702. The agreement concerns telecommunications fiber capacity, not an electric-utility or power-purchase contract.
Permits and dockets: Austin site-plan case 164084, “500 CHICON,” site plan approved and released; Commission Permit SPC-99-2216C. The record lists an application date of December 28, 1999 and an updated/released status dated March 2, 2007.
Transactions: Cogent-Williams fiber lease/IRU transaction effective April 14, 2000, with the Austin POP identified as 500 Chicon Street; contract pricing was confidential in the SEC exhibit. · No land-sale, building-sale, acquisition, or development-cost transaction for the exact Lumen Austin 3 asset was identified. The 500 Chicon site-plan record identifies 500 Chicon, Ltd. as owner but does not report a sale price or project cost.

Identity and campus: Lumen Austin 3
Also reported as Lumen Austin 3 (500 Chicon), 500 Chicon, WilTel / Level 3 site.
Regulatory record: Lumen Austin 3 is identified at 500 B. Chicon Street, Austin, Texas, and is described as operational. The site-specific public record located is Austin site-plan case 164084 / permit SPC-99-2216C for “500 CHICON,” shown as approved and released, with 500 Chicon, Ltd. listed as owner. A separate SEC-filed fiber lease/IRU agreement identifies 500 Chicon Street as the Austin POP for a Williams fiber system. No site-specific zoning docket, tax incentive, abatement, power-purchase agreement, land purchase price, or project cost was established beyond these records.

Lumen Austin 3

Lumen Austin 3

Overview

Lumen Austin 3 — operating facility

Power and grid

Facility and development

Organizations

Sources

Explore related directories

Explore related directories