Why it matters
The strategic read
Adds another Texas megacampus where power, county incentives and local land-use politics are the actual bottlenecks. CloudBurst is not just reserving a warehouse footprint: the disclosed plan is a 1.2 GW, behind-the-meter powered campus built in three 400 MW phases, showing how AI-ready data-center development is spreading beyond the best-known Dallas, Houston and West Texas corridors.
Source-supported terms
What was disclosed
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Guadalupe County Commissioners Court approved a development agreement and tax abatement package for CloudBurst on April 21, 2026.
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DCD reported CloudBurst plans to invest $14.5B to build 10 to 12 data-center buildings across a 706-acre parcel near San Marcos, spanning about 3M square feet.
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The April 21 commissioners presentation cited by DCD describes a 1.2 GW campus built in three 400 MW phases.
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DCD said the first 400 MW phase is expected to start in 2026 and finish by 2027, while an initial 50 MW phase has already broken ground and is targeted to go live in Q4 2026.
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CloudBurst has said the campus will use closed-loop cooling and behind-the-meter generation.
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Guadalupe County posted public abatement notice for CloudBurst Texas, LLC and Data Center LB, L.P. in January 2026.
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Local reporting says the approved package includes a development agreement for the 706-acre site, vested-rights protections under current rules, utilities and setback requirements, and tax abatement terms tied to investment, jobs, operations and compliance.
Disclosure boundary
What is known—and what is not
County approval, public abatement notice and near-primary DCD/local reporting are public; full development agreement, power-generation contracts, gas supply terms, interconnection details, final campus phasing, financing, construction/EPC awards, tenant/customer identities, permitting schedule and definitive cooling-water disclosures are not fully public.