Amazon Web Services (AWS) could be planning two data center developments in San Antonio, Texas.
As per two filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, one of the projects will be located at 1535 NW Crossroads in the city and is named COPT Potranco, and the other at 12807 Donop Road, dubbed Bitter Blue.
Bitter Blue is a confirmed AWS data center project, but the COPT project remains under speculation.
The COPT Potranco project is expected to see $25 million invested, with construction beginning in October 2026 for a November 2027 completion date. The data center will span two stories and 141,979 sq ft (13,190 sqm).
The applicant for the project is COPT, a real estate investment trust, but the filing describes the project as for the construction of a “core and shell building for a future single tenant computer center.”
However, the San Antonio Express News notes that COPT is a known landlord of AWS data centers, and the listed tenant in the TDLR filing is Anushua Mantrala, an AWS-employed engineer. Amazon has also previously filed for a 109,600 sq ft data center at 7400 Potranco Road, which is connected to the COPT site.
Gensler is serving as the design firm for both projects.
DCD has contacted AWS for confirmation.
Bitter Blue, meanwhile, has been filed for by Amazon Data Services, the arm of the company often used for data center applications.
The facility is expected to cost around $65 million and will span nearly 120,000 sq ft (11,150 sqm). It is described as a “two-story building for a single tenant computer data center.”
Construction for the property was expected to begin this month and be completed by February 2029.
Amazon acquired the property from Bitter Blue in October 2020 under the name of “Rockfish.” Shortly after, the company was reported to be planning three data centers in the San Antonio area, including the aforementioned 7400 Potranco Road site, TX-211 & Potranco Road, and 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway.
Elsewhere in the state, AWS has previously filed to develop in DeSoto, outside of Dallas.
San Antonio is an increasingly popular location for data centers and one of Texas' secondary markets. Competitor Microsoft is known to operate several data centers in the area, and recently filed for a further two facilities near the city.
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