Digital Realty, Colovore, Hut 8, CoreSite, and DataBank file to build data centers in Texas, continuing the state's lead as a hyperscaler and AI-datacenter hub.

Digital Realty, Colovore, Hut 8, CoreSite, and DataBank have all filed to develop new data centers in Texas. Digital Realty, CoreSite, and DataBank are planning facilities around Dallas, while Colovore is developing a project in Austin. Hut 8 has detailed its plans in Corpus Christi.

**Digital Realty's 80MW Dallas Project**

Digital Realty has filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration to build DFW45 at its Digital Garland campus. The company plans to invest $300 million in a 672,000 square foot facility at 1602 Ferris Road in Garland, Dallas County. The building will include ten 8MW suites, totaling 80MW, with construction running from June 2026 to January 2029.

Digital first announced plans for a Garland campus on W Campbell Road in 2017 and announced an expansion in 2018. The company previously filed to develop DFW37 at 1502 Ferris Road in 2024 and a one-story, 181,200 square foot core and shell data center at 1505 Ferris Road in 2022. Digital Realty currently operates more than a dozen data centers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with additional facilities around Houston and Austin.

**CoreSite's Texas Entry**

CoreSite, owned by American Tower, is expanding into Texas with its first Dallas facility. The company has filed with the TDLR to develop DA1, a 230,000 square foot, two-story facility located at 2701 E. Grauwyler in Irving, Dallas County. Construction on the $200 million project will run from April 2027 to December 2028.

The site currently hosts several industrial buildings developed in the 1970s and 1980s. BancTec, a subsidiary of Exela Technologies, previously occupied the property under a long-term lease agreement. CanTex Capital acquired the 50-acre site in 2023, purchasing it alongside Nicola Wealth Real Estate from an affiliate of Broadstone Net Lease Inc. Plans for CoreSite's data center surfaced in planning commission meetings in February, with the site potentially accommodating up to three two-story data center buildings across approximately 37 acres.

**DataBank's Red Oak Expansion**

DataBank is expanding in Red Oak with DFW15, a 443,680 square foot, two-story building located along Batchler Road in Ellis County. Construction on the $425 million project will run from February 2027 to August 2029.

DataBank first announced its Red Oak campus plans in September 2024. At full build-out, the 292-acre campus will contain eight two-story data centers, each offering 200,000 square feet. The first phase comprises four buildings—DFW9, DFW10, DFW11, and DFW12—along Batchler Road, currently under construction. The Texas-based company operates more than a dozen data centers across the wider Dallas area, plus facilities in Houston and Austin.

**Colovore's Austin-Area Project**

Colovore, an early pioneer in liquid-cooled colocation data centers, has filed to build a new facility outside Austin in Hutto. The company has filed with the TDLR to develop Colovore Hutto at 2401 Innovation Boulevard in Williamson County. The $280 million project will construct a 192,695 square foot, single-story facility on greenfield land, with construction running from December 2026 to December 2028.

The facility, designated AUS01, will provide 40MW of capacity with densities exceeding 600kW per rack across five 8MW data halls. Founded in 2013, Colovore pioneered liquid-cooled racks supporting up to 35kW. The company opened its original 24,000 square foot facility in Santa Clara in 2014, with a second facility nearby launching in 2024. Investment firm King Street acquired Colovore in 2024 and has announced expansions into Reno, Nevada and Chicago, Illinois.

Colovore's Hutto plans were first revealed in late 2024 under the name Project Raptor. The company also lists two planned Dallas facilities: the 44.8MW DFW01 in Mesquite and the 32MW DFW02 in Fort Worth. Additional projects are reportedly planned across Virginia, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, Georgia, California, and Washington.

**Hut 8's Corpus Christi Development**

Hut 8, a cryptominer that has pivoted to data center development, is planning a facility outside Corpus Christi. Via subsidiary Beacon Point DC LLC (also operating as Lon Hill Infrastructure LLC), the company filed an application with the TDLR to develop the Beacon Point Data Center Project. The 657,130 square foot building will be located at 4650 FM 1694 in Robstown, Nueces County. Construction on the $399 million project is scheduled to run from September 2026 to November 2027.

Hut 8 announced in May that it had secured a 15-year, $352 million lease for its 1GW Corpus Christi campus, which the company projects could generate $16.8 billion in revenue, potentially reaching $25.1 billion if all renewal options are exercised.