Landowner / FAQ
Honest answers.
Twenty common questions. If yours isn't here, ask in the application form.
- What kind of land qualifies?
- Five or more contiguous acres in Texas, ideally within three miles of an ERCOT transmission line. Agricultural, industrial, and unzoned parcels all work. Wetlands and conservation easements are usually blockers.
- How much will I be paid?
- Typical base rent is $2,000–$8,000 per acre per year, plus 1–6% revenue share on compute and water credits produced on-site. The exact range depends on grid proximity, ERCOT congestion zone, and parcel topology.
- Do I keep my mineral rights?
- Yes. The lease covers surface use only. Subsurface mineral rights are unaffected.
- What about my agricultural exemption?
- We hold a clause in the lease designed to preserve ag exemption status on the unleased portion of your property. If the development affects the exemption on the leased portion, we make you whole on the difference.
- Who pays the increased property taxes?
- Aguasol absorbs the property tax increase tied to the development. Your effective tax rate doesn't change.
- What if I sell the land?
- The lease assigns to the new owner. Buyers tend to view the lease as a positive — it's an inflation-indexed cash flow.
- What happens at the end of the lease?
- We restore the leased envelope to its original use under a bonded restoration plan. The bond is posted before construction and held in escrow.
- Can I cancel the lease?
- The long-form lease has a defined term. Either party can terminate for material breach. We don't include landowner buyout language as standard but can negotiate it for larger parcels.
- Do I need to do anything during construction?
- No. We coordinate with you on access and timing, but execution is on us. You go on with your life.
- How long does it take to start receiving payments?
- Option fees are paid at signing of the option-to-lease (within ~10 days of acceptance). Base rent begins at signing of the long-form lease, typically 60–90 days after submission.
- What's the difference between this and a solar lease?
- Solar leases pay base rent only. The Aguasol landowner program adds revenue share on the compute capacity and water credits the site produces — significant upside if utilization is strong.
- Will the deployment be visible from my home?
- Modular pods are 40-foot containers with screening. We site for minimum visibility wherever the parcel allows it. You'll see renderings during the option phase.
- Will it be loud?
- Cooling fans and inverters generate noise comparable to a residential AC condenser. We model sound at the property line and design for compliance with applicable ordinances.
- What about water? Where does it come from?
- Atmospheric water generation pulls moisture directly from the air. We don't draw on aquifers, wells, or municipal water for cooling. If your property has well or municipal access, that's a backup option, not a primary supply.
- Who actually owns the equipment?
- Aguasol or its development partner owns the equipment. You own the land. The lease defines our rights to occupy the leased envelope.
- How is revenue share calculated and paid?
- Monthly statement detailing compute hosting revenue and water credit revenue, with the agreed share calculated and paid via ACH. We provide a statement-level audit trail.
- Is this legal in my county?
- Modular data centers are legal across Texas. Local zoning may require a use permit or re-classification. We handle that filing.
- What if my land doesn't qualify?
- We tell you why and, where useful, refer you to other developers we trust. We don't ghost applicants.
- Are you the only ones doing this?
- No. There are other developers — the difference is integration. Aguasol bundles solar, battery, AWG, and compute under one EPC contract, on the same site, with one warranty stack. Most competitors stitch together three or more vendors.
- What's a Texas AI data center, exactly?
- Modular compute capacity (typically 0.5–2 MW per block) hosting AI training or inference workloads, sited in Texas to take advantage of cheap energy, available land, and ERCOT's market structure. Powered behind the meter where possible.
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