23 companies that responded to Texas Governor's Office RFIs (or site-selector inquiries) for the TriTexas Logistics Park (formerly SMART Terminal / Axis Logistics Park) site in San Marcos, TX - compiled from City of San Marcos public information request documents and 32 Caldwell County deed/easement/agreement records.
API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) chemical synthesis and monoclonal antibody (mAb) production. Major biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
350,000 GPD water demand (Phase 1). Wastewater discharge characteristics not fully specified; wastewater pretreatment would be required by city.
Large water and wastewater capacity. City indicated water/wastewater improvements were planned and could meet project timeline, conditioned on pretreatment.
City confirmed that water and wastewater improvements were planned and could meet the project timeline. However, wastewater from pharmaceutical manufacturing would require pretreatment before discharge to city sewer.
Energy storage systems and automotive battery cell and pack assembly. One of the largest projects by investment dollar amount.
Water demand not specified in documents reviewed. Wastewater service was NOT available at the Axis site at time of RFI.
City confirmed 12-inch water main available. Wastewater service does not currently extend to site - significant infrastructure gap identified.
City confirmed a 12-inch water main is available near the site. However, wastewater service is NOT at the site - a critical infrastructure gap. City did not indicate when wastewater would be extended.
Architectural products manufacturing. Major air permit required - VOC emissions of 78.46 tons/year. Rail access preferred.
216,300 GPD water demand. 173,040 GPD wastewater. Standard industrial profile without noted pretreatment concerns.
Rail access preferred. Major air quality permit needed from TCEQ. City confirmed Axis site can accommodate usage.
City confirmed the Axis site can accommodate the water and wastewater usage requested. No major infrastructure concerns identified by city staff.
Outdoor porcelain pavers and dry mix base materials. Italian company. NAICS 32530201 (ceramic tile / stone products).
50,000 GPD water. 40,000 GPD wastewater containing ceramic slurry - requires pretreatment before city sewer discharge.
Financing is NOT finalized - noted explicitly in RFI documents. Project feasibility contingent on securing funding.
Ceramic slurry in wastewater would require pretreatment. City reviewed water and wastewater capacity; no major capacity objection but pretreatment requirement is a condition.
UK-headquartered tire manufacturer establishing US global headquarters. NAICS 326211. Seeking US manufacturing footprint.
189,271 m³/year water consumption (consumptive use, minimal discharge). Closed-loop gray water recycling system - low wastewater impact.
Primarily water supply. Closed-loop system reduces wastewater demands significantly compared to similar-scale manufacturers.
Axis site was shortlisted by the company. City response details not fully documented in available records. The closed-loop gray water recycling design is favorable for city infrastructure.
Combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) dedicated to powering data centers. Fortune 100 energy company. Requires 2,000 acres - the largest land footprint of any prospect.
870,000 GPD water demand. 480,000 GPD wastewater. Among the highest water demands in the project pipeline.
City: water available for the portion of site within city service territory. Wastewater collection infrastructure does not exist at site but improvements are possible.
City confirmed water is available for the portion of the site within the city's service territory. Wastewater collection infrastructure does not currently exist at the site, but improvements are possible. The 2,000-acre requirement raises feasibility questions about whether the full site can be served.
Solar panel manufacturing. Required an existing building of 300,000+ sf. TriTexas Logistics Park is a greenfield site with no existing structures.
1,000,000 GPD water by March 2026. City confirmed water capacity available in principle.
Required operational facility by March 2026. Greenfield development at Axis requires 12–18 months from permitting - physically impossible to meet deadline.
City confirmed water capacity was available but noted that Axis is a greenfield site. A new facility would require 12–18 months from permitting to completion - the March 2026 deadline was not feasible. No submission made for this project.
Industrial manufacturing generating high-salinity (NaCl) industrial wastewater. Nonhazardous. Industry type not specified beyond wastewater characteristics.
150,000 GPD industrial wastewater (nonhazardous, high salt/NaCl content). Wastewater characteristics may require pretreatment for city sewer.
Both TriTexas Logistics Park and San Marcos Business Park shortlisted. Competing internally within San Marcos for the project.
City staff noted 150,000 GPD is not unusually high and indicated they would double-check capacity. High-salinity wastewater (NaCl) would likely require evaluation of impacts on wastewater treatment plant operations.
U.S. steel company. Integrated steel mill + DRI (direct reduced iron) facility. NAICS 3311. Requires 900 acres.
9,000,000 GPD (9 MGD) water demand. 1,300,000 GPD (1.3 MGD) wastewater. City's total water usage is approximately 18 MGD - this project alone would require ~50% of city supply.
Moved to No Submission. Water demand is physically impossible to meet without massive regional infrastructure investment.
City determined it could not support this project. 9 MGD water demand equals approximately half of the city's total water usage. No submission was made.
High-tech manufacturing. Job types include metallization, PECVD, PVD (physical vapor deposition), and laser cutting - consistent with solar panel or semiconductor manufacturing.
Large water demand (exact figure not specified in summary). City Utilities Director explicitly stated the city cannot support the requested water usage on a one-year timeline.
Utilities Director: "We cannot support with that much water usage just a year from now. Have to pass."
City Utilities Director determined the city cannot support the project's water demands within the one-year timeline to production start. No submission made. Decision was driven by infrastructure timeline, not permanent capacity limitations.
Japanese company. Produces high-purity magnesium oxide (MgO). Specialty chemical manufacturing with industrial and electronics applications.
47,560 GPD water. 3,700 GPD sewage. Among the smallest water/wastewater footprints in the pipeline - well within city capacity.
City: 12-inch waterline should be sufficient for their needs but only serves a portion of the site - extension may be needed depending on building location.
City confirmed the 12-inch waterline near the site should be sufficient for the project's water demand. Caveat: the line only serves part of the site; infrastructure extension may be needed. Wastewater demand (3,700 GPD) is minimal.
U.S. magnetics company producing "world's first high-performance rare-earth-free permanent magnets." 10,000 metric tons annual capacity. Strategically important for defense and EV supply chain.
1,400,000 GPD (1.4 MGD) water. 800,000 GPD (0.8 MGD) wastewater. City notes water is "high but manageable" and encourages water reuse. Wastewater deemed acceptable.
SH 80 Lift Station (wastewater) completion updated to Summer 2028 per city email - aligns with Q2 2029 production start. Previously estimated 2029; now accelerated.
City finds water demand "high but manageable" and encourages water reuse strategies. Wastewater is acceptable. SH 80 Lift Station CIP completion updated to Summer 2028, which supports the Q2 2029 production start timeline. Site visit expected April/May 2026.
International electronics company. Potentially Sony, Panasonic, or Sharp based on company profile. Two buildings of ~2.9M sf each - massive manufacturing campus.
576,700 gallons/hour in Phases 2 & 3 (~13.8 MGD at peak). This approaches Project Horizon Mill B levels and represents a very large fraction of city water supply.
153.1 MW electricity demand - an extraordinary power requirement that would need direct coordination with ERCOT/utility provider. Larger than many small cities' entire power consumption.
Still in discussion as of March 2026. The massive water demand (potentially 13+ MGD at peak) and 153 MW power requirement would present extraordinary infrastructure challenges. No formal city determination documented yet.
Refines raw graphite into coated spherical purified graphite (CSPG), an anode input material for lithium-ion batteries - not battery cell manufacturing itself. Partnered with Brazilian graphite producer Graphcoa. Ran through site-selection contractor JLL. Previously scouted the site in 2024 as "Project Chestnut" but was tied to a $100M+ federal grant contingent on an Alabama location; reworked the grant to allow a site change.
12" water line sufficient. Power: 5 MW currently available; 54 MW ultimate load requires a new transformer and two dedicated lines - est. $7,000,000, 3-year timeline, via Bluebonnet Electric Coop at $0.071/kWh. Wastewater contingent on the new SH-80 Lift Station (conservative Q1 2028 / best case Q4 2027).
Company's stated need was a 60–70 ft max building/stack height - exceeding the site's own 62 ft ordinance cap (Development Code §4.4.5.4) even before the covenant issue arose.
Helen Ramirez (Director of Economic & Local Business Development) told HCEDP on May 8, 2026: "Given the covenant restrictions on the property we do not see this project being viable at Axis site." This matches the Development Agreement's Exhibit D prohibited-use list, which expressly bars "Manufacturing of carbon batteries" - the rejection rationale is consistent with the actual governing document.
15,400,000 GPD water / 11,900,000 GPD wastewater - the single largest water demand of any project in the pipeline, exceeding even Project Horizon Mill B's 9 MGD.
500 MW by 2030 / 425 MW peak - an extraordinary transmission-scale demand.
Company deadline of May 12, 2026 for a response.
Richard Reynosa: "You are correct we would not recommend pursuing such a large water user." A $10B, 5,100-job project - by far the largest in the pipeline by investment - was turned away purely on water infrastructure grounds.
~503,000–507,000 GPD water (figure inconsistent across the document); 480,794 GPD sewage. Process includes a "wet scrubbing tower" generating industrial sludge.
30 MW / 150 GWh per year.
Sarah Martin (HCEDP): the TriTexas/Axis site is "the only eligible site for Heavy Industrial Zoning" for this project regionally.
Same-day RFI deadline (4/17, 5pm) - no documented city response or submission outcome found in the released records.
414,625 GPD water; 365,069 gal/month wastewater.
25 MW by August 2029.
Richard Reynosa: "These requirements could be met." One of the more straightforward feasibility assessments in the pipeline.
Turkish aerospace/defense company manufacturing advanced multi-layer (8–32 layer, HDI) printed circuit boards. Company reported lacking full project funding and is seeking equity/partnership financing.
1,500,000 gal/month (~50,000 GPD), industrial - requires pretreatment.
PCB wet-etch processes typically use acidic/alkaline etchants, and "Acid manufacturing" is a prohibited use under the Development Agreement. Director of Planning Terry Floyd thought the project could be supported under Permitted Use #30 ("Electronic Assembly/High Tech Manufacturing") but flagged uncertainty over the actual chemical process involved.
Unresolved as of May 4, 2026 - city staff have not determined whether the etching chemistry would trigger the acid-manufacturing prohibition.
The RFI's own investment and jobs figures are wildly internally inconsistent (a €4.69 trillion figure appears in the same document as a $61M figure). Claimed job counts (100,000–150,000) would exceed the entire population of San Marcos.
Helen Ramirez: "Given requested looks like Axis, but there are flags such as not having the necessary funds for the project." No submission outcome documented - treated as not credible.
4,000,000 gal/month (~150,000 GPD) water; 10 MW power.
Sarah Martin (HCEDP): "we will not be submitting for Project Hat Trick... the project industry of smelting Iron, Tin, Zinc Copper or other ores is listed under the site's prohibited uses." Directly confirms enforcement of the Development Agreement's prohibited-use list, which expressly bars "Smelting of iron, tin, zinc, copper or other ores."
VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft manufacturing plus an on-site flight-test facility, requiring FAA-approved UAS airspace - ties into the site's airport-adjacent I-Zone.
Helen Ramirez: "We are interested. Airport Axis can be manufacturing and possible testing." Financial and utility detail were contained in an RFP attachment not captured in the released correspondence.
165,000 metric ton/year pasta production capacity.
8,000,000 gal/month (~300,000 GPD) water; 750,000 gal/month wastewater; 15 MW peak (2029) / 8 MW day-one.
Helen Ramirez: "we do not think it fits" on environmental grounds. Sarah Martin confirmed: "We will not submit the TriTexas site." This RFI, dated May 11, 2026, is among the first documents to use the "TriTexas" name for the site, contemporaneous with the May 4–5 rebrand.
575,895 gal/month (~23,035 GPD) water; power 11 MW peak / 5 MW day-one at 110,000V transmission.
Sarah Martin: "I wanted to see if San Marcos would like us to submit TriTexas for Project Sling Shot" - no city response documented in released records yet.