Dallas-based Prime Data Centers has big plans between Dallas and Fort Worth.
The company owns existing Dallas data center space on Interstate 35 near Legal Row and a two-story facility 3 on a site near Aledo Avenue and Chapin School Boulevard in southwest Fort Worth. building, and three additional buildings are planned for Garland. .
The new data center space is spread across six separate 267,000 square foot facilities.
The three buildings in Fort Worth are expected to support 48 megawatts, according to state filings. The wattage was not disclosed in filings for the Garland building, located on Arapahoe Road between Garland Avenue and Holford Road.
Estimated construction costs for the three Fort Worth facilities could total more than $1.5 billion, and the three Garland facilities could cost more than $1.3 billion, according to filings.
Construction on the Fort Worth building is expected to begin in September and be completed in early 2026. Construction on the Garland building will begin in July and is expected to be completed in September 2026.
Gensler is the design company behind this piece.
Demand for data center space continues to be reflected in the number of ongoing and announced developments.
Dallas-based Aligned Data Centers is planning a large campus in Plano and recently received $600 million in backing from private equity giant Blackstone.
QTS Realty Trust is expanding in Irving, a former semiconductor factory converted into a data center campus, as well as in North Fort Worth near Hillwood's Alliance Texas development.
The city of Irving is touting a data center project that will reduce water usage as other utility-heavy projects move forward in the area.
There are many others.
Dallas-Fort Worth is expected to see billions of dollars of investment in capital-intensive projects over the next three to four years. This is because the area is centrally located, land is available and relatively affordable compared to other markets.
