The Daily Dig
Amazon Data Services has acquired roughly 1,300 acres near Cedar Creek in Bastrop County, Texas, about 30 miles southeast of Austin off State Highway 21 West. The deal closed earlier this month, according to local property records cited by BizJournals.
The land was previously held by CTX Capital Partners and largely earmarked for a master planned residential community called Creekside. Amazon has not responded to a request for comment and has not disclosed any plans for the site.
Amazon already has a data center footprint in San Antonio and previously filed to develop in DeSoto outside Dallas. Earlier this year, the company also filed to potentially develop a large campus next to Vistra's Comanche Peak nuclear plant outside Fort Worth.
Bastrop County is already drawing serious data center investment. EdgeConneX is developing a campus in Cedar Creek about seven miles north of Amazon's newly acquired site at 8001 Wolf Lane, and a separate large-scale campus that was proposed in the county in 2023, though whether that project ever moved forward is unclear.
Snapshot:
Acquiring Entity: Amazon Data Services
Parent Company: Amazon
Site Location: Cedar Creek, Bastrop County, Texas
Nearest Major City: Austin, TX (approx. 30 miles southeast)
Road Access: State Highway 21 West
Site Size: 1,300 acres
Previous Owner: CTX Capital Partners
Previous Designation: Largely earmarked for residential master planned community (Creekside)
Deal Status: Closed May 2026
Disclosed Plans: None
Sector: Data Center / Digital Infrastructure
Region: Central Texas
Nearby Activity: EdgeConneX campus approx. 7 miles north at 8001 Wolf Lane, Cedar Creek
TheJobWalk Thoughts
No public announcement does not mean contractors should ignore the site. Land acquisitions at this scale move through civil site work, utility infrastructure, and grading long before vertical steel goes up. GCs and subs with data center experience in Central Texas should be building relationships and getting prequalified for hyperscale work in the region now.
Bastrop County is shaping up as a real data center corridor. With EdgeConneX already developing nearby and Amazon now controlling this much ground, trade capacity in that market could tighten quickly. Electrical, mechanical, and concrete subs who aren't already locked into local project pipelines should be paying close attention.
