Market
Houston: 42 data centres, 26 operators, 1,107 MW live
There are 42 data centres in Houston, United States, spanning 2 sub-markets, 26 operators, 32 operational, 1,107 MW live (37% modelled), 1,246 MW total potential. Largest by total potential: Serverfarm (4 sites), then Data Journey.
Map of 35 data centres in Houston
Every Houston site DC Atlas tracks with a position on record, coloured by status.
Houston is one scope of the whole corpus. See every facility DC Atlas tracks on the global data center map.
Live
1,107MW
37% modelled
Under construction
139MW
Planned
0MW
Total potential
1,246MW
32% of pipeline modelled
Who supplies the power
100% of the data centres we track in the Houston market have a named power supplier
- CenterPoint Energy39sites
- Center Point Energy1site
- CentrePoint Energy1site
- Dominion Energy1site
Who is building in Houston
The 10 largest operators here by total potential, of 26 tracked in this market.
| Operator | Sites | Live | Total potential |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serverfarm | 4 | 500 MW | 605 MW |
| Data Journey | 1 | 200 MW | 200 MW |
| Data Foundry | 2 | 120 MW | 120 MW |
| Switch | 2 | 76 MW | 76 MW |
| DataBank | 4 | 36 MW | 36 MW |
| Netrality Data Centers | 1 | 26 MW | 26 MW |
| Element Critical | 1 | 26 MW | 26 MW |
| Skybox Datacenters | 1 | 26 MW | 26 MW |
| TRG Datacenters | 1 | — | 24 MW |
| Lumen | 3 | 17 MW | 17 MW |
When Houston was built
215 MW of the live capacity here carries a commissioning date — 53% of the operational sites in this market.
Recent activity
11 recorded developments in the Houston market, the latest on 23 Apr 2026.
CenterPoint Energy Reports Q1 2026 Earnings; 8 GW Data Center Load Expected by 2029
CenterPoint Energy reported Q1 2026 earnings of $0.56 per diluted share on a non-GAAP basis and reiterated full-year 2026 guidance with 8% projected growth. The utility announced 12.2 gigawatts of firmly committed industrial load at Houston Electric, with 8 gigawatts of data center capacity expected to be energized by 2029, including 3.5 gigawatts already under construction. Management projects customer savings of approximately $4 billion over the next decade from incremental load growth in Greater Houston.
CleanSpark Reports Q1 FY2026 Results, $181M Revenue, Secures 890 MW Capacity
CleanSpark reported Q1 fiscal 2026 financial results with $181.2 million in quarterly revenue, a 11.6% increase year-over-year. The company strengthened its balance sheet with $458.1 million in cash and $1.0 billion in bitcoin holdings, while securing up to 890 MW of new utility-grade power capacity in the Houston region. CleanSpark is pivoting from single-track bitcoin mining to a multi-stream infrastructure platform focused on AI and high-performance computing tenancy, funded through cash flows from existing mining operations.
CyrusOne Reports Q4 and Full Year 2021 Earnings, Highlights Strong Leasing and Pending Merger
CyrusOne Inc. announced its fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results, reporting record leasing of 101 megawatts and 530,000 colocation square feet in Q4, totaling $104.3 million in annualized GAAP revenue. The company also highlighted a backlog of $177 million in annualized GAAP revenue and the pending merger with KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners, approved by stockholders on February 1, 2022. Additionally, CyrusOne is selling its four Houston data center assets to DataBank Holdings Ltd. for approximately $670 million to fund future development projects.
Houston Equinix 083 ownership change
Houston Equinix 083 changed ownership on 1 May 2017 as part of a transaction in which 29 data centers and their operations were acquired from Verizon Communications Inc.
Houston Equinix 083 ownership change
Houston Equinix 083 changed ownership on 6 December 2016, when Equinix agreed to purchase a portfolio of 24 data center sites, including this one, from Verizon Communications Inc. for $3.6 billion in an all-cash transaction.
CyrusOne Q1 2013 Results: 15% FFO Growth, Texas IX Launch, Land Acquisition
CyrusOne Inc. reported Q1 2013 earnings with normalized FFO and AFFO increasing 15% and 45% respectively year-over-year. The company launched the CyrusOne Texas Internet Exchange (IX) to provide interconnectivity across metro-enabled facilities and acquired two previously leased data centers with a third under contract. CyrusOne also purchased an additional 33 acres adjacent to its Houston West data center, with 76% of annualized rent derived from Fortune 1000 customers.
Internap Announces 32,000 sq ft Data Center Expansions in Silicon Valley and Houston
Internap Network Services Corporation announced expansions totaling 32,000 net sellable square feet across two data center facilities: one in Santa Clara, California (a new market for Internap) and one in Houston, Texas. Both facilities are expected to be operational by Q3 2010. The expansions represent continued investment in Internap's data center business as the company reported improved financial metrics for 2009, including full-year revenue of $256.3 million.
Houston Lumen 133 ownership change
Houston Lumen 133 changed ownership on 10 May 2006, when DRT acquired the property at 12001 North Freeway in Houston, Texas, a data center and Internet gateway facility of six single-story buildings totaling 300,700 square feet, 92.9% leased with Level 3 among the major tenants.
Who is hiring in Houston
10 open data centre roles at 1 operator we track
Nscale is the only operator recruiting in Houston, with 10 roles open across 5 disciplines. Only 2 of the 10 are build-side; the rest run the estate, network accounting for 4. More than half of them, 7 of the 10, were posted in the last 30 days.
- Nscale10roles
The mix
- network4
- security3
- commissioning1
- critical facilities1
- project management1
The roles behind those numbers
Most recently opened
- Nscalecommissioning21 Sept 2026
- Nscalenetwork14 Sept 2026
- Nscalesecurity9 Sept 2026
- Nscalesecurity8 Sept 2026
- Nscalecritical facilities8 Sept 2026
Counted from the operators' own public careers feeds, read daily. A role counts here when the employer runs a data centre we track and the work is operational rather than back office. What these roles involve, and what they pay.
Questions about Houston
- How many data centres are in Houston?
- There are 42 data centres in Houston, United States, spanning 2 sub-markets, 26 operators, 32 operational, 1,107 MW live (37% modelled), 1,246 MW total potential. Largest by total potential: Serverfarm (4 sites), then Data Journey.
- How much data centre capacity does Houston have?
- DC Atlas tracks 42 data centres in the Houston data centre market. 1,107 MW is live, 139 MW is under construction, for 1,246 MW of total potential at full buildout.
- Who are the largest data centre operators in Houston?
- 26 operators run facilities in the Houston data centre market. Serverfarm is the largest by total potential, with 4 sites and 605 MW.
- Which utilities supply power to data centres in Houston?
- CenterPoint Energy, Center Point Energy and CentrePoint Energy serve the most data centre sites in the Houston data centre market. DC Atlas holds a named power supplier for 100% of the facilities it tracks here.
Every data centre we track in Houston
35 of 42 with a published page
DataBank4
Serverfarm4
LOGIX3
Data Foundry2
Lumen2
Switch2
Windstream2
AWS1
CBRE1
Cogent1
Digital Realty1
EdgeConnex1
Element Critical1
Enzu1
Equinix1
FIBERTOWN1
I Squared Capital1
Netrality Data Centers1
Quasar Data Center1
Skybox Datacenters1
Stream Data Centers1
TRG Datacenters1
Verizon1
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