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Digital Realty, Colovore, Hut 8, CoreSite, and DataBank File to Build New Data Centers Across Texas

By: IDCNOVARegion: North America
Five major data center operators have filed plans to develop new facilities across Texas, underscoring the state's continued appeal as a destination for digital infrastructure investment. Digital Realty, CoreSite, and DataBank are all planning projects in the Dallas area, while Colovore is developing a facility outside Austin and Hut 8 has detailed plans for a site near Corpus Christi.

Digital Realty has filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration to build DFW45 at its Digital Garland campus in Dallas County. The company plans to invest $300 million in a 672,000-square-foot building at 1602 Ferris Road in Garland. The facility will comprise ten 8MW suites for a total of 80MW, with construction scheduled to run from June 2026 to January 2029. Digital Realty first announced plans for a Garland campus on West Campbell Road in 2017 and an expansion in 2018, and previously filed to develop DFW37 at 1502 Ferris Road in 2024. The company currently operates more than a dozen data centers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with additional facilities in Houston and Austin.

CoreSite, owned by American Tower, is expanding into Texas with its first Dallas facility. The company has filed to develop DA1, a 230,000-square-foot, two-story building at 2701 E. Grauwyler in the Irving area of Dallas County. The $200 million project is scheduled for construction from April 2027 to December 2028. The site, which currently hosts several industrial buildings developed in the 1970s and 1980s, was acquired by CanTex Capital in 2023 alongside Nicola Wealth Real Estate from a Broadstone Net Lease affiliate. The property could eventually support three two-story data center buildings across approximately 37 acres.

DataBank has filed to develop another Dallas-area facility, DFW15, a 443,680-square-foot, two-story building on land along Batchler Road in Red Oak, Ellis County. The $425 million project is set for construction 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 feature eight two-story data centers, each offering 200,000 square feet. The first phase totals four buildings—DFW9, DFW10, DFW11, and DFW12—along Batchler Road, with construction currently ongoing. The Texas-based company operates more than a dozen data centers in the greater Dallas area, plus facilities in Houston and Austin.

Colovore, an early pioneer in liquid-cooled colocation, has filed to build a new facility outside Austin in Hutto. The company submitted plans with the TDLR for Colovore Hutto at 2401 Innovation Boulevard in Williamson County. The $280 million project would see a 192,695-square-foot, single-story facility developed on greenfield land, with construction running from December 2026 to December 2028. According to the company's website, the 40MW AUS01 facility will offer densities exceeding 600kW per rack across five 8MW data halls. Founded in 2013, Colovore established an early niche for liquid-cooled racks capable of up to 35kW and launched its original 24,000-square-foot facility in Santa Clara in 2014, followed by a second nearby facility in 2024. The company was acquired by investment firm King Street in 2024 and has since announced expansion plans for Reno, Nevada, and Chicago, Illinois. Plans for the Hutto facility were first revealed in late 2024 under the name Project Raptor. Colovore also lists plans for two Dallas facilities: the 44.8MW DFW01 in Mesquite and the 32MW DFW02 in Fort Worth, with further projects reportedly planned across Virginia, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, Georgia, California, and Washington.

Hut 8, a cryptocurrency miner that has pivoted to data center development, is planning a facility outside Corpus Christi. Through Beacon Point DC LLC, also known 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, a western suburb of Corpus Christi in Nueces County. The $399 million project is due for construction from September 2026 to November 2027 on greenfield land. Hut 8 previously announced in May that it had secured a 15-year, $352 million lease for its 1GW Corpus Christi campus, a deal set to generate $16.8 billion, potentially rising to $25.1 billion if all renewal options are exercised.

The wave of filings reflects the intensifying race among operators to secure land, power, and permitting approvals in Texas, which has emerged as one of the most active data center markets in the United States. With combined planned investment exceeding $1.6 billion across these five projects, the developments signal sustained confidence in long-term demand for compute capacity in the region.