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Cushman & Wakefield, ranks DFW as the world’s No. 1 data center market based on 24 metrics. [Image: Adobe Stock]
Dallas-Fort Worth Dethrones Virginia as the World’s Top Data Center Market
by John Egan | Aug 18, 2026
Two new reports — one from Cushman & Wakefield, another from JLL — put North Texas and the Lone Star State at the center of the global data center boom.
by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 13, 2026
Nikki Kresse most recently served as chief experience and people officer at senior living operator Lifespace Communities. Her hiring is at least the eighth executive appointment or promotion Dallas-based Stream Data Centers has announced since Apollo took majority control in August 2025.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 4, 2026
Hatem, who has led nearly every operating function at the Dallas-based company, succeeds Eric Schwartz, who steered CyrusOne through its $15 billion take-private and four years of expansion.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 16, 2026
The news follows DataBank's announcement in April that it had secured a $2 billion loan for construction of the first three of eight planned data centers at its campus in Red Oak, south of Dallas.
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The acquisition reinforces Shermco’s key services, expands its footprint in Central Texas, and supports its strategic expansion in the rapidly growing data center market, the company said.
Irving-Based Shermco Acquires Central Texas’ Power Quality Engineering
by Sandra Engelland | Mar 12, 2026
The acquisition reinforces Shermco’s key services, expands its footprint in Central Texas, and supports its strategic expansion in the rapidly growing data center market, the company said.
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 8, 2025
The pilot will test Last Energy’s 5-megawatt PWR-5 design at Texas A&M–RELLIS while the company advances a plan for 30 commercial microreactors in Haskell County northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth to serve data center growth.
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![At Google’s Midlothian data center on Nov. 14, Google executives joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other government leaders to announce the company’s $40 billion Texas investment. [Photo: Google]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Platform-panel_47A1634_970_google-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Nov 16, 2025
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was in North Texas on Friday to announce the tech giant’s largest investment in a single state. The multiyear plan will add three Texas data center campuses, increase energy supply to the state’s grid, and train 1,700 electricians as the AI economy scales.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 24, 2025
Austin-based Flex said its new facility in East Dallas "significantly boosts production capacity and efficiency" for its grid-to-chip data center power infrastructure solutions, including power pods, power distribution units, and low-voltage switchgear.
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Andrew Schaap, CEO of Aligned Data Centers [Photo: Thaddeus Harden]
North Texas’ Aligned Data Centers To Be Acquired for $40 Billion by BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI, Microsoft, and Others
by Lance Murray | Oct 15, 2025
A consortium of big industry players called the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) and other partners are snapping up Aligned and its 50 data center campuses across the U.S. and Latin America. AIP's first-ever investment aims to help meet "the growing demand for the infrastructure required as AI continues to reshape the global economy," said BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.
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by Maddie Preston |
Sep 29, 2025
UTA is part of a DOE-backed "moonshot" to cool the world’s AI infrastructure more sustainably—aiming to cut data center cooling energy from 40% to under 5% and slash the massive water use demanded by AI systems. The project includes partnering with next-gen liquid cooling tech startup, Austin-based Accelsius.
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North Texas’ Compass Partners With Schneider Electric on Prefab White Space Modules for Data Centers
by Lance Murray |
Sep 9, 2025
The Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Pod "delivers all elements of world-class data center white space in a prefabricated pod solution that is deployed quickly on-site with a simplified installation process," the companies said.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 22, 2025
The long-term collaboration between the Irving- and Dallas-based companies aims to meet the energy demands of always-on data centers, with the first project to launch in Texas.
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Image of a Yondr data center in Northern Virginia [Photo: Yondr Group]
U.K.-Based Yondr Group to Develop Hyperscale Data Center South of Dallas
by Lance Murray | Aug 19, 2025
Yondr said the project on 163 acres in Lancaster marks a "milestone" in its U.S. expansion. Newly appointed CEO Aaron Wangenheim called Dallas "one of the largest and fastest-growing data center markets in the world."
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by David Seeley |
Jul 31, 2025
In its first phase, the hyperscale campus northwest of Waco will encompass more than 190,000 square feet, with scalable capacity to meet future demand. It will feature "climate-neutral initiatives, water conservation, biodiversity protection, and capabilities to respond during ERCOT grid emergencies," the companies said.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 3, 2025
Industry expert Jason Carolan has joined North Texas-based Centersquare, a data center provider with colocation facilities in markets across North America and the United Kingdom, as chief development officer....
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![Krupal Raval [Photo: CyrusOne]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Cyrusne_KrupalRaval-970-360x203.jpg)
by Lance Murray |
Jul 3, 2025
The Dallas-based data center company’s new EVP will lead its fast-growing U.S. development program and deepen hyperscale relationships as CyrusOne expands its debt capacity and breaks ground on major projects in Texas.
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