Dallas/Fort Worth: 129 data centres, 52 operators, 2,237 MW live

• 27 Aug 2026Industry milestone

  Data center expansion driving surge in U.S. industrial demand

  CoStar Group published a report showing data center development is driving increased industrial leasing activity in the U.S., with companies tied to the data center industry accounting for more than 6 percent of logistics property leasing within five miles of data centers in 2026, up from less than 3 percent in 2020. The U.S. has 69 GW of existing data center capacity with 43 GW under construction, and hyperscale facilities now account for 64 percent of existing capacity. Dallas-Fort Worth has seen the largest increase among major markets, with 10 million square feet of occupied logistics space leased by data center-related industries since 2025.

• 19 Aug 2026PPA48 MW

  QTS signs 48MW solar PPA with Engie in Irving, Texas

  QTS signed a 48MW solar power purchase agreement with Engie for its data centre facility in Irving, Texas.

• 13 Aug 2026Moratorium

  Fort Worth City Council issues temporary data center moratorium

  The city council in Fort Worth, Texas issued a temporary moratorium on data centers.

• 6 Aug 2026Permit filed300 MW

  PowerHouse files for 300MW data center campus outside Dallas-Fort Worth

  PowerHouse filed for a 300MW data center campus outside Dallas-Fort Worth.

• 3 Aug 2026Partnership1 MW

  KIDZ AI and Limestone Networks sign data center MOU for Dallas GPU cluster deployment

  KIDZ AI and Limestone Networks signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding on August 3, 2026, for the colocation of a dedicated NVIDIA Blackwell B300 GPU cluster at the DFW3 data center in Dallas, Texas. The planned deployment will support a dedicated data hall of approximately 1.125 MW, with initial deployment of 0.5–0.6 MW, to service KIDZ AI's $44.6 million, 60-month GPU compute services agreement with Canopy Wave focused on open-weight AI model inference. The parties intend to negotiate a definitive colocation agreement following technical design review. This represents KIDZ AI's execution of its demand-led, inference-focused infrastructure strategy.

• 30 Jul 2026Announced

  Dallas Market Hall could be demolished for data center project

  Dallas Market Hall could be demolished to make way for a data center project.

• 28 Jul 2026Land acquired108 MW

  Flexential acquires 110 acres outside Dallas, Texas, for 108 MW data center campus

  Flexential has acquired 110 acres of land outside Dallas, Texas, for a data center campus with a planned capacity of 108 MW.

• 13 Jul 2026Moratorium

  Fort Worth updates data center moratorium timeline

  Fort Worth has updated the timeline for its data center moratorium, a policy decision affecting data center development in the Texas city. The moratorium addresses local concerns about data center expansion and its impact on the community. This regulatory action impacts future data center facility development and operations in the Fort Worth market.

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