# Lumen Austin 3

ERCOT data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/lumen-austin-3

Lumen Technologies operates the 9,457-square-foot Lumen Austin 3 colocation facility at 500 B. Chicon Street in Austin, a former WilTel/Level 3 site. The facility supports colocation and cloud workloads.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 500 B. Chicon Street, Austin, TX
- Operator: Lumen Technologies (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- ISO/RTO: ERCOT

## Development

- Site status: Operating data-center facility; the underlying property is also documented as a 9,457-square-foot office building.
- Gross floor area: 9,457 square feet
- 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.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, cloud
- Workloads: colocation workloads, cloud workloads
- 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.

## Sources

- [500 Chicon St | Asterra](https://asterra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/500-Chicon-St-Lease-Flyer.pdf)
- [Lumen Austin 3 (500 Chicon) Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/lumen-austin-3-500-chicon)
- [https://data.austintexas.gov/api/views/687g-qcqy/r...](https://data.austintexas.gov/api/views/687g-qcqy/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD&api_foundry=true)
- [Lumen down? Current problems and outages - Austin](https://downdetector.com/status/lumen/austin_4/)
- [Fighting to Save the McAllen Civic Center - Texas Architect ...](https://magazine.texasarchitects.org/2016/09/07/fighting-to-save-the-mcallen-civic-center/)
- [TCEQ App](https://permit-search.tceq.texas.gov/)
- [Texas Society Of Architects - Full Filing - Nonprofit Explorer](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/741207882/202222979349301787/full)
- [Austin 3](https://res.cloudinary.com/hjlz68xhm/image/upload/v1556897742/gswuvwpsqolrwgsauiee.pdf)
- [Virginia State Corporation Commission Document Cover Sheet](https://scc.virginia.gov/docketsearch/DOCS/6mby01!.PDF)
- [Untitled - AustinTexas.gov - City of Austin](https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=194355)
- [Strategic Update: Office Building Sold, New Space Ahead - Texas Society of Architects](https://texasarchitects.org/2025/03/20/strategic-update-office-building-sold-new-space-ahead/)
- [Lumen Austin 3 Data Center | 500 B. Chicon Street](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/austin/level3-austin3/)
- [Lumen Austin 3 - Specs](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/austin/level3-austin3/specs/)
- [Lumen: Austin 2 Data Center](https://www.datacenters.com/lumen-austin-2-2)
- [On My Block: Voices from 12th and Chicon](https://www.kut.org/station-information/2016-10-06/on-my-block-voices-from-12th-and-chicon)
- [500 Chicon St, Austin, TX 78702 | LoopNet](https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/500-Chicon-St-Austin-TX/21414395/)
- [500 Chicon St, Austin, TX 78702 - APN/Parcel ID: 499312](https://www.loopnet.com/property/500-chicon-st-austin-tx-78702/48453-499312/)
- [Arrow Electronics, Inc. v CI Lumen Indus., LLC](https://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/pdfs/2009/2009_31732.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158324/000091205701535608/a2060565zex-10_2.txt)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158324/000110465922056265/ccoi-20220331xex10d1.htm)
- [Central Texas data centers: Growth, impact and resident ...](https://www.statesman.com/business/technology/article/data-centers-impact-central-texas-20808844.php)
- [500 CHICON | AUSTIN Site Plan | Zabalist](https://www.zabalist.com/site-plans/164084)

## Data quality

- The exact site is identified in directory and operator-portfolio records as Lumen Austin 3 at 500 B. Chicon Street, but some third-party listings use conflicting labels such as “Lumen Austin 2”; those records should not be merged without additional primary-source confirmation.
- Search results included regional Austin/Central Texas data-center coverage and records for other Chicon Street addresses, but no qualifying local or trade-news article was found that both identifies this facility and reports community benefits, hearings, opposition, petitions, or litigation.
- No MW, water use, PUE, WUE, tenant, building-count, equipment, or commercial-term claims are supported by the reviewed evidence.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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