Center Registry · Texas

DataBank Red Oak Campus

DataBank · Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas

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480 MW
Critical IT planned
0 MW
Energized today
2026-H2
First power
ERCOT
Grid region · location approximate
In brief

What makes it notable.

  1. A ground-up, eight-building campus on 292 acres, each building a two-story, 425,000 square foot design with 200,000 square feet of data center space.
  2. Oncor feeds a 400 MW Phase 1 substation that delivers up to 240 MW of critical IT power, expandable to 480 MW across all eight buildings.
  3. The spec is HPC-ready: 45 kW-plus per cabinet on air, 100 kW-plus per cabinet on liquid, with rear-door heat exchangers and water-to-chip supported. First building is expected online before the end of 2026.
Deal anatomy

Six layers, and who holds each.

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Power
Oncor
Site and build
DataBank (Universal Data Hall Design)
Compute
Not disclosed
Cloud operator
Not disclosed
Anchor tenant
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Capital
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Timeline

From here to full build.

  1. Nov 2026Today
  2. 2026-H2First powerinitial RFS was targeted Q2 2026; press now says first building online before end of 2026
  3. not disclosedFull buildoutphase 2 to 480 MW, no date
The detail

Each party's role.

Power

Oncor. Utility; 400 MW Phase 1 substation delivering up to 240 MW critical IT power, expandable to 480 MW across all 8 buildings; DataBank credits existing power commitments plus the financing for an ~18-month schedule pull-forward reported

Site and build

DataBank (Universal Data Hall Design). Ground-up build: 425k gross sq ft per 2-story building (200k sq ft data center space) on 292 acres reported

Compute

Not disclosed. HPC-ready spec: 45kW+/cabinet air, 100kW+/cabinet liquid, rear-door heat exchangers and water-to-chip supported reported

Cloud operator

Not disclosed. Tenant-controlled inferred

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