DataBank has announced a major new project in Texas. They have acquired 292 acres of land in Red Oak, which lies on the southern edge of the Dallas metro area. The target is, of course, AI and the massive amount of high-density colocation it is demanding of the next generation of infrastructure.
The data center and colocation leader will be turning that new parcel of land into their “Red Oak Campus”. The plans call for some 480MW of power and eight 2-story data centers of 425,000 gross square foot each apiece. That would be 3.4M total square feet at full buildout. Phase 1 will be the first four of those facilities along with a 400MW substation that can deliver 240MW of critical IT power initially.
DataBank is also building new campuses in Atlanta and northern Virginia, but this one would be bigger than both of those combined. The company has 6 facilities in the Dallas area already, of course, as well as its headquarters. Construction on the new campus is already underway, and the initial RFS date is Q2 of 2026.
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