Edinburg, Texas · Expanding here
Phone charging stations for Edinburg venues
Guests scan a code, take a portable power bank, and carry on with their night — then return it to any station in the network. Ampz supplies, installs and services the station, and you share in the revenue.
Edinburg is open
There is no waitlist and no service area: if a Edinburg venue wants a station, we bring one, and Ampz covers the hardware and the install. We have no stations standing in Edinburg today and would rather say so than imply a network that does not exist — which is exactly why the venues signing now are the founding ones.
Edinburg is a university town, a county seat and an event town at once — students, people waiting on county business and arena crowds all spend hours away from a charger.
Why density decides everything
A charging network is only worth as much as the number of places you can hand the power bank back. That is why density matters more than a pin scattered across a map — so someone who picks one up in University Drive near UTRGV can drop it off in Closner Boulevard without thinking about it.
Every venue that comes online around University Drive near UTRGV, Closner Boulevard, the Trenton Road corridormakes the network more useful for every other venue’s guests. Early venues are not just taking a machine — they are the reason the next one is worth having.
Where a station fits in Edinburg
Districts we are focused on: University Drive near UTRGV · Closner Boulevard · the Trenton Road corridor · downtown around the courthouse square · the Bert Ogden Arena area.
Why Edinburg
Edinburg is the county seat of Hidalgo County and one of the fastest-changing cities in the Valley. It is a university town, a government town and an event town at the same time, and each of those brings people who are away from home for hours with a phone that will not last the day.
A university town. UTRGV’s Edinburg campus brings students, staff and visiting families into the city every semester. Students live on their phones — for class, for rides, for paying — and they lose battery long before they go home.
Event nights. Bert Ogden Arena, open since 2018, books concerts and games that put thousands of people on the same few blocks on the same night. Before and after a show, the restaurants and bars around it are full of people checking tickets, splitting bills and calling rides.
A county seat. The courthouse and county offices bring a steady weekday flow of people who wait — for a hearing, for paperwork, for a family member — and waiting is exactly when a phone dies.
Visitors who come for the outdoors. Edinburg Scenic Wetlands is part of the World Birding Center network. Visitors spend the day photographing and navigating on their phones, then eat in town afterwards.
Where a station fits in Edinburg
The busiest stretches are the ones locals already know: University Drive near campus, Closner Boulevard, the Trenton Road corridor, the frontage roads along I-69C, and the historic downtown around the courthouse square. Venues that tend to suit a station:
Restaurants, coffee shops and study-friendly cafés near UTRGV
Bars, sports bars and restaurants that fill up on Bert Ogden Arena event nights
Gyms and studios where members leave their phone in a bag for an hour
Salons, barbershops and spas with long appointments
Medical and dental offices and other waiting rooms
Hotels that host families visiting campus or in town for an event
If people stay at your business longer than twenty minutes, a station gives them a reason to stay longer still.
Host a station at your Edinburg business
Hosting is for business owners. The station sits on your counter or wall, your customers use it, and Ampz handles the station itself. Customers rent and return power banks on their own, so your staff does not have to hand anything out or track anything.
What hosting gives you:
A visible amenity that tells customers you thought about them.
Longer visits. A customer who is not watching their battery is a customer who orders another round, another coffee, or stays for the second half.
Fewer interruptions. Staff stop getting asked "do you have a charger I can borrow?"
Bilingual by default. Instructions on the station and on the page work in English and Spanish, which matters in Edinburg.
Because we are not in Edinburg yet, hosting here starts with a short form. Tell us your business, the address and what kind of crowd you get, and you will be on the first list we call.
Own Ampz stations in Edinburg
Owning is a different lane, for people who want to buy Ampz stations and place them in local businesses themselves. Some are already in a route business; some live in Edinburg and know the owners on their street; some want a second line of work they can run around a job or school.
What owning involves, plainly:
You buy the stations. Ampz supplies the hardware, the rental platform and support.
You place them with local businesses you choose and keep them tidy and stocked with charged power banks.
You decide how many and where. Edinburg, McAllen, Pharr, San Juan, Elsa and Edcouch are all a short drive apart, so a single owner can cover several towns.
We do not publish income figures and we do not promise any result. The only numbers we put in front of anyone are in our calculator, with its full disclosure, so you can test your own assumptions before you decide.
Edinburg and the rest of the Valley
Edinburg is one of a cluster of cities that work as one market. People live in one city, study in another and go out in a third, often on the same day. That is why we plan the Valley as one route rather than city by city: a power bank taken in Edinburg can be returned in McAllen, and the same owner can serve venues in both.
Edinburg questions
Is Ampz live in Edinburg yet?
No, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. There is no waitlist and no service area — if your venue in Edinburg wants a station, we bring one, and Ampz covers the hardware and the install.
What does it cost my venue?
Ampz covers installation and the hardware. You provide a few square feet and a standard outlet, and share in the revenue.
What kind of venue is this for?
Restaurants, Bars & nightlife, Gyms & studios, Salons & spas, Medical centres, Hotels — anywhere people stay longer than their battery lasts.
Do my staff have to run it?
No. The customer scans a QR code with their own phone and one power bank is released. Nobody hands anything over and nobody takes a payment.
Why does the network matter to me?
A power bank taken at one venue can be returned at any station in the network — so every venue that comes online in Edinburg makes the whole thing more useful to your guests, not just to ours.
How quickly can we get going?
The sequence is a short call, a site walk, paperwork, then install — which takes hours, not days, because there is no construction involved. Exact timing is agreed per venue.
Is Ampz already in Edinburg?
Not yet. Businesses that sign up now are first in line.
Is the station in Spanish?
Yes. Rental instructions and support work in English and Spanish.
I’m a UTRGV student. Can I own stations?
Owning is open to adults who want to run it as a business. Our guide for college students explains what it involves and what it does not.
Which part of Edinburg will you start in?
Wherever the first hosts and owners are. Interest from a street tells us where to begin, which is why the list matters.
How do I contact you?
Use the form on /host or /own, or email info@getampz.com.
Be one of the first Edinburg venues
Two short steps and we will be in touch soon. Ampz covers the cost and installs everything.