Compass Red Oak Campus

Expanding · Compass Datacenters LLC · 300 Houston School Rd, Red Oak, TX

Compass Datacenters owns and operates the Compass Red Oak Campus on 225 acres in Red Oak, Texas, with 16 planned buildings totaling 2.24 million gross square feet. Five facilities came online between 2024 and 2025, delivering 180 MW of energized capacity, while the full campus is reported to target 360 MW at build-out. Buildings under construction or in development include DFW III-III Buildings 6 and 7, scheduled for completion in 2026 and 2027 respectively.

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Overview

Status: Expanding
Construction started 2019-11-01 to 2019-11-14
Exact-site power: Not disclosed
No exact-site MW figure in cited sources.
Facility size: 2,239,109 sq ft
16 reported buildings · Campus
Project cost: $200.0M
Estimated construction cost in the cited project filing.

Compass Red Oak Campus

Expanding · Compass Datacenters LLC · 300 Houston School Rd, Red Oak, TX

Compass Datacenters owns and operates the Compass Red Oak Campus on 225 acres in Red Oak, Texas, with 16 planned buildings totaling 2.24 million gross square feet. Five facilities came online between 2024 and 2025, delivering 180 MW of energized capacity, while the full campus is reported to target 360 MW at build-out. Buildings under construction or in development include DFW III-III Buildings 6 and 7, scheduled for completion in 2026 and 2027 respectively.

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Overview

Status: Expanding
Construction started 2019-11-01 to 2019-11-14
Exact-site power: Not disclosed
No exact-site MW figure in cited sources.
Facility size: 2,239,109 sq ft
16 reported buildings · Campus
Project cost: $200.0M
Estimated construction cost in the cited project filing.

Build window

2019-11-01 to 2019-11-14–2020-06-10 for DFW III-I; 2020-08-01 for Thunderball 6000

Red Oak I / DFW III-I was the first facility in the planned 16-building development. The city described it as a 6 MW, one-story data center. TDLR records separately document the 980,849-square-foot DFW III-I facility and a 40,150-square-foot Thunderball 6000 data-center building at the Houston School Road site.

Building program

2 buildings · one-story

Red Oak I / DFW III-I

Profile

Project scope: Compass Datacenters’ Red Oak campus began with the DFW III-I/Red Oak I development on Houston School Road in 2019, followed by Roadrunner and DFW III-II building phases. Documented construction includes a completed 980,849-square-foot DFW III-I facility, a 250,000-square-foot Roadrunner Building 1, 251,815-square-foot Roadrunner Building 2, 251,815-square-foot Building 3, a Building 4 tenant fit-out, and Buildings 6 and 7 under construction.
Power and grid: No exact-site power capacity has been disclosed. Reported utility context: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC.
Compute role: Compass Datacenters develops and operates the Red Oak campus as move-in-ready, custom rack-ready capacity for cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise customers. The campus is operational and expanding with additional buildings.
Cooling and environment: Liebert Packaged Solution DP400 air-based cooling systems. Water-free or waterless cooling for IT loads. Waterless airside cooling avoids direct cooling-water demand and reduces pressure on local water supplies.
Local reporting: The TDLR project record identifies Compass Datacenters DFW III-I at 300 Houston School Road, Red Oak, Ellis County, with a 2019-2020 construction period.

Organizations

Material, source-backed organizations directly involved with this facility or its parent campus. Duplicate legal names and incidental community mentions are excluded.

OrganizationRoleScope

Compass Datacenters LLCOwnerCampus

Compass DatacentersOperator · DeveloperCampus

City of Red Oak Water SystemUtilityCampus

Oncor Electric DeliveryUtilityCampus

Brasfield & GorrieContractorBuilding

HEDDesign FirmBuilding

Public Utility Commission of TexasRegulatorCampus

Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationRegulatorCampus

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Jan 1, 2020
Jan 1, 2020
Red Oak I / DFW III-I expected online
Red Oak I / DFW III-I was the first facility in the planned 16-building development. The city described it as a 6 MW, one-story data center. TDLR records separately document the 980,849-square-foot DFW III-I facility and a 40,150-square-foot Thunderball 6000 data-center building at the Houston School Road site.
Jan 30, 2020
Jan 30, 2020
Red Oak I / DFW III-I announced
Red Oak I / DFW III-I was the first facility in the planned 16-building development. The city described it as a 6 MW, one-story data center. TDLR records separately document the 980,849-square-foot DFW III-I facility and a 40,150-square-foot Thunderball 6000 data-center building at the Houston School Road site.
Oct 27, 2021
Oct 27, 2021
DFW III-II Building 1 / Roadrunner Building 1 announced
DFW III-II Building 1, also called Roadrunner Building 1, was registered as a new 250,000-square-foot data-center building at 300 Houston School Road. Its TDLR record lists a scheduled construction completion of December 1, 2022 and a closed project status.
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1. Dec 1, 2021
  Dec 1, 2021
  DFW III-II Building 1 / Roadrunner Building 1 construction started
  DFW III-II Building 1, also called Roadrunner Building 1, was registered as a new 250,000-square-foot data-center building at 300 Houston School Road. Its TDLR record lists a scheduled construction completion of December 1, 2022 and a closed project status.
2. Dec 31, 2021
  Dec 31, 2021
Jul 23, 2026
Jul 23, 2026
Red Oak embraced data centers. Now neighbors are pushing backDallas Morn...
The local report covers Red Oak’s broader data-center buildout, documents the exact-campus TSTC training-facility donation, and separately reports resident opposition to the 830-acre proposal.
Dec 22, 2026
Dec 22, 2026
DFW III-III Building 6 construction completion scheduled
DFW III-III Building 6 at 500 Austin Boulevard is a new 251,815-square-foot data center. The TDLR record lists a construction start of April 2, 2024 and scheduled completion of December 22, 2026.
Jun 4, 2027
Jun 4, 2027
DFW III-III Building 7 construction completion scheduled
DFW III-III Building 7 at 540 Austin Boulevard is a new 251,815-square-foot data center. The TDLR record lists a June 20, 2024 construction start and scheduled completion of June 4, 2027.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

Ellis CountySourceGovernment filing

interchange.puc.texas.govSourceGovernment filing

interchange.puc.texas.govInterchange - FilingsGovernment filing

DFW III-II Building 2 / Roadrunner Building 2 construction started

DFW III-II Building 2, Roadrunner Building 2, is a new 251,815-square-foot data center at 481 Austin Boulevard. The TDLR record lists construction from December 31, 2021 through August 31, 2024 and identifies the project as inspection complete.

Oct 4, 2022

DFW III-II Building 2 / Roadrunner Building 2 announced

DFW III-II Building 2, Roadrunner Building 2, is a new 251,815-square-foot data center at 481 Austin Boulevard. The TDLR record lists construction from December 31, 2021 through August 31, 2024 and identifies the project as inspection complete.

Nov 30, 2022

DFW III-II Building 3 construction started

DFW III-II Building 3 at 501 Austin Boulevard is a new 251,815-square-foot data-center building. Its TDLR record lists a November 30, 2022 start date, February 28, 2025 completion date, and inspection-complete status.

Dec 1, 2022

DFW III-II Building 1 / Roadrunner Building 1 construction completion scheduled

DFW III-II Building 1, also called Roadrunner Building 1, was registered as a new 250,000-square-foot data-center building at 300 Houston School Road. Its TDLR record lists a scheduled construction completion of December 1, 2022 and a closed project status.

Nov 1, 2023

County Partners with Compass Datacenters for Phase 2 Construction of Red Oak CampusEllis County

The county announced a tax-abatement partnership with the City of Red Oak and Compass for Phase 2 construction of the Red Oak campus and described expected economic-development benefits.

Apr 2, 2024

DFW III-III Building 6 construction started

DFW III-III Building 6 at 500 Austin Boulevard is a new 251,815-square-foot data center. The TDLR record lists a construction start of April 2, 2024 and scheduled completion of December 22, 2026.

Apr 25, 2024

DFW III-II Building 3 announced

DFW III-II Building 3 at 501 Austin Boulevard is a new 251,815-square-foot data-center building. Its TDLR record lists a November 30, 2022 start date, February 28, 2025 completion date, and inspection-complete status.

Jun 20, 2024

DFW III-III Building 7 construction started

DFW III-III Building 7 at 540 Austin Boulevard is a new 251,815-square-foot data center. The TDLR record lists a June 20, 2024 construction start and scheduled completion of June 4, 2027.

Jun 20, 2024

Schneider Electric Opens Data Center Integration Facility in Red Oak, TXSchneider E...

Schneider Electric reported opening a 105,000-square-foot integration facility adjacent to the Compass Red Oak campus and creating more than 200 jobs.

Aug 31, 2024

DFW III-II Building 2 / Roadrunner Building 2 construction completion scheduled

DFW III-II Building 2, Roadrunner Building 2, is a new 251,815-square-foot data center at 481 Austin Boulevard. The TDLR record lists construction from December 31, 2021 through August 31, 2024 and identifies the project as inspection complete.

Sep 10, 2024

DFW III-III Building 6 announced

DFW III-III Building 6 at 500 Austin Boulevard is a new 251,815-square-foot data center. The TDLR record lists a construction start of April 2, 2024 and scheduled completion of December 22, 2026.

Sep 10, 2024

DFW III-III Building 7 announced

DFW III-III Building 7 at 540 Austin Boulevard is a new 251,815-square-foot data center. The TDLR record lists a June 20, 2024 construction start and scheduled completion of June 4, 2027.

Sep 26, 2024

Compass Datacenters looks to expand Red Oak campusData Center...

The article reports Compass’s Red Oak campus expansion, identifies buildings at Austin Boulevard, and separately states that the broader campus is located at 300 Houston School Road.

Nov 18, 2024

DFW III-II Building 4 tenant fit-out announced

DFW III-II Building 4 at 541 Austin Boulevard is documented as a tenant fit-out of approximately 195,000 square feet of administrative and data-hall spaces. The TDLR record lists a December 13, 2024 start date and November 26, 2025 completion date. This is fit-out area, not an independently reported gross shell area.

Dec 13, 2024

DFW III-II Building 4 tenant fit-out construction started

DFW III-II Building 4 at 541 Austin Boulevard is documented as a tenant fit-out of approximately 195,000 square feet of administrative and data-hall spaces. The TDLR record lists a December 13, 2024 start date and November 26, 2025 completion date. This is fit-out area, not an independently reported gross shell area.

Feb 28, 2025

DFW III-II Building 3 construction completion scheduled

DFW III-II Building 3 at 501 Austin Boulevard is a new 251,815-square-foot data-center building. Its TDLR record lists a November 30, 2022 start date, February 28, 2025 completion date, and inspection-complete status.

Nov 26, 2025

DFW III-II Building 4 tenant fit-out construction completion scheduled

DFW III-II Building 4 at 541 Austin Boulevard is documented as a tenant fit-out of approximately 195,000 square feet of administrative and data-hall spaces. The TDLR record lists a December 13, 2024 start date and November 26, 2025 completion date. This is fit-out area, not an independently reported gross shell area.

Jun 5, 2026

Compass Datacenters looks to calm data center controversy by funding $15m animal shelter in Ellis County, TexasData Center...

The trade article identifies the existing campus at 300 Houston School Road, reports expansion history, and distinguishes it from Compass’s separate 830-acre proposal.

Jul 17, 2026

New Partnership Creates Data Center Career PathwayCompass Dat...

Compass reported donating $12.6 million to build a workforce-training facility at 300 Houston School Road for the MEI Data Center Pathway Program with Texas State Technical College.