# Centersquare Dallas (DA1-Allen) Data Center

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Centersquare operates the Dallas (DA1-Allen) Data Center at 900 Guardians Way in Allen, Texas, a single 1999-built facility with 115,633 square feet. Current listings report 8.6 MW utility capacity and 14 MW backup-generator capacity; January 2024 sources cited 12 MW utility and 16 MW generator capacity. The facility provides colocation and cloud services including disaster recovery and distributed compute.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 900 Guardians Way, Allen, Collin County, TX
- Operator: Centersquare (exact asset) — https://centersquaredc.com/data-centers/dallas-fort-worth

## Power and grid context

- Utility service: 12 MW · reported · exact asset · as of 2024-01 — Data-center utility power reported in the January 2024 DAL1 facility brochure.
- Utility service: 8.6 MW · reported · exact asset — Current Centersquare listing reports utility capacity for the Allen DFW2 facility at 900 Guardians Way.
- Backup generation: 16 MW · reported · exact asset · as of 2024-01 — Eight diesel generators rated at 2.0 MW each, implying 16 MW of aggregate standby-generator nameplate capacity.
- Backup generation: 14 MW · reported · exact asset — Current Centersquare listing reports generator capacity for Allen DFW2.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Electric utility: Denton County Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- Point of interconnection: Not publicly disclosed beyond service by Denton County Electric Cooperative at the 12.47 kV utility-feeder level
- Substation: No exact-site substation publicly identified
- Interconnection voltage: 12.47 kV
- Queue IDs: No facility-specific queue identifier publicly identified

## Development

- Site status: Operating and commissioned; the facility is currently operated by Centersquare and was previously operated by Evoque Data Center Solutions.
- Gross floor area: 115,633 square feet
- Buildings: 1
- Construction: The facility is a single-story, purpose-built data center constructed in 1999 and renovated in 2015. A separate 2024 renovation/alteration permit covered pavement repairs to the existing drive and fire lane, with construction scheduled from March 7, 2024 through April 12, 2024; the permit was closed. These permit dates relate to pavement repair, not commercial operation.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, cloud
- Workloads: blended enterprise infrastructure and workloads not optimized for the cloud, cloud-connected workloads and cloud services, disaster recovery, distributed compute
- Operating context: Operating colocation facility under Centersquare, historically branded Evoque Allen/DAL1. It provides secure, connected colocation, cloud-enabled infrastructure, structured cabling, remote hands, disaster recovery, and distributed-compute services, with a stated 100% SLA on power, network, and bandwidth.

## Sources

- [2:24-cv-00907 | Vertiv Corp v. Valtrus Innovations Ltd](https://ai-lab.exparte.com/case/dct/txed/2:24-cv-00907/doc/analysis/1)
- [Centersquare: Allen DFW2 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/centersquare-allen-dfw2)
- [Fetched web page](https://cdn.baxtel.com/data-center/evoque-allen-da1/files/Centersquare-Dallas-Allen-DAL1-Brochure-2024.pdf)
- [Dallas/Fort Worth Data Centers | Colocation Power Available | Csquare](https://centersquaredc.com/data-centers/dallas-fortworth)
- [Data Center Sustainability & ESG | Our Colocation Commitment | Csquare](https://centersquaredc.com/sustainability-esg)
- [New Chief Development Officer Joins Dallas-Based Data Center Provider Centersquare » Dallas Innovates](https://dallasinnovates.com/new-cdo-joins-north-texas-based-data-center-provider-centersquare/)
- [Csquare DFW2 | 900 Guardians Way, Dallas/Fort Worth - datacenterHawk](https://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/csquare/900-guardians-way/dfw2)
- [Centersquare Dallas (DFW2) | DC Hub](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/centersquare-centersquare-dallas-dfw2-96c97455)
- [Evoque Allen DA1 | DC Hub](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/centersquare-evoque-allen-da1-380c5022)
- [Centersquare Dallas - Allen, TX - DA1 Data Center](https://marketplace.upstack.com/data-centers/centersquare-dallas-da1)
- [in the united states district court](https://ptacts.uspto.gov/ptacts/public-informations/petitions/1557496/download-documents?artifactId=9v6-k0y-1DBhKwtv3gvMMuNPLWNAf_G4shyrg5EmOJo0YPiSFGJwEOI)
- [Fetched web page](https://res.cloudinary.com/hjlz68xhm/image/upload/v1634749080/ibnwbjkzv6mqomppxdsj.pdf)
- [Data Centers in Allen, TX](https://www.allenedc.com/developments/data-centers)
- [900 GUARDIANS WAY, ALLEN, TX 75013](https://www.alliebeth.com/realestate/details/109043094/900-guardians-way-allen-tx-75013)
- [Home | Allen, Texas](https://www.cityofallen.org/)
- [Dallas/Fort Worth Data Centers | Colocation Power Available | Csquare](https://www.csquare.com/data-centers/dallas-fortworth)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.csquare.com/hubfs/Centersquare%20website/docs/Csquare-SustainabilityReport-2025.pdf)
- [Evoque Data Center Pavement Repair - Allen, TX](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/638b7716)
- [Texas Data Center Facilities, Permits & Public Records](https://www.datacenter.fyi/state/tx)
- [Texas Data Centers Rely on Generators Amid Power Emergency | Data Center Frontier](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/energy/article/11428394/texas-data-centers-rely-on-generators-amid-power-emergency)
- [Csquare - Dallas DFW2-A Data Center | 900 Guardians Way](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/dallas/evoque-dal1/)
- [Centersquare Data Center in Allen Texas](https://www.datacenters.com/centersquare-dallas-da1-allen)
- [900 Guardians Way, Allen, TX 75013 - APN/Parcel ID](https://www.loopnet.com/property/900-guardians-way-allen-tx-75013/48085-R405200A01RA1/)
- [Permits and Registrations](https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/business_permitting.html)
- [TDLR TABS - Project Details](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Projects/TABS2024011014)
- [Project Details](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Print/TABS2024011014)

## Data quality

- The exact asset is the operating facility at 900 Guardians Way, Allen, Texas. A Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation record identifies the project as the Evoque Data Center and confirms that the 2024 work was a privately funded pavement repair on private land for private use.
- The facility’s historical Evoque branding and current Centersquare branding are supported by the exact-site listings and Dallas Innovates’ report that Centersquare was the rebranded name of Evoque after the January 2024 acquisition of Cyxtera.
- No site-specific evidence was found for water use, power demand, PUE, WUE, building count, tenants, community-benefit agreements, or local economic-benefit commitments; those items should not be inferred from nearby Allen facilities or operator-portfolio information.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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