# Compass Red Oak Campus

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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.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: expanding
- Asset scope: campus
- Location: 300 Houston School Rd, Red Oak, Ellis County, TX
- Owner: Compass Datacenters LLC (campus)
- Developer: Compass Datacenters (campus) — https://www.compassdatacenters.com/
- Operator: Compass Datacenters (campus) — https://www.compassdatacenters.com/

## Power and grid context

- Energized power: 180 MW · operating · campus · as of 2025 — Reported total power capacity of five existing Red Oak facilities that came online between 2024 and 2025; treated as operating/energized campus capacity, not critical IT load.
- Leasable it load: 350 MW · target · campus · as of 2020 — Compass reported that the Red Oak campus would deliver more than 350 MW of IT load; 350 MW is recorded as the stated lower-bound figure, not an exact capacity.
- Campus gross power: 360 MW · target · campus · as of 2025 — Reported expected total capacity at full build-out across the planned campus; this is gross campus capacity and is not combined with the 180 MW operating figure.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Electric utility: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC
- Substation: Two on-campus Oncor substations; the campus is also described as having a dedicated high-voltage power substation.

## Development

- Site status: Expanding campus: completed facilities are operating or have completed their recorded construction/inspection milestones, while additional buildings remain under construction or in development. Compass reports the 360 MW Red Oak development as nearing completion as of July 2026.
- Site area: 225 acres
- Gross floor area: 2,239,109 square feet
- Buildings: 16
- Construction: 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. Compass describes the overall Red Oak development as 360 MW and nearing completion, while permit records separately show Building 6 scheduled for completion in December 2026 and Building 7 in June 2027.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, cloud, enterprise
- Workloads: hyperscale workloads, cloud workloads, enterprise workloads
- Operating context: 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.

## Sources

- [http://compassdatacenters.com/news/compass-datacenters-adds-second-dallas-area-campus](http://compassdatacenters.com/news/compass-datacenters-adds-second-dallas-area-campus)
- [http://connectcre.com/stories/compass-datacenters-lands-refi-on-5-red-oak-facilities-to-add-three-more](http://connectcre.com/stories/compass-datacenters-lands-refi-on-5-red-oak-facilities-to-add-three-more)
- [http://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/compass-datacenters-looks-to-expand-red-oak-campus](http://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/compass-datacenters-looks-to-expand-red-oak-campus)
- [http://riotplatforms.com/locations/corsicana](http://riotplatforms.com/locations/corsicana)
- [Fetched web page](http://tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/permitting/air/reports/applications/37072-ac.pdf)
- [http://tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Print/TABS2020019741](http://tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Print/TABS2020019741)
- [http://tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2022003972](http://tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2022003972)
- [Compass Red Oak Campus Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/compass-red-oak-campus)
- [Compass: Red Oak III Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/compass-red-oak-iii)
- [Acquisition Of 375 Acres In Red Oak, Texas By Compass Datacenters](https://baxtel.com/news/acquisition-of-375-acres-in-red-oak-texas-by-compass-datacenters)
- [Compass Datacenters | Computer & Internet | Data Center](https://business.redoakareachamber.org/list/member/compass-datacenters-2657)
- [Fetched web page](https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/56845_7_1428955.PDF)
- [Interchange - Filings](https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Search/Filings?ControlNumber=58481)
- [Compass Moonraker Red Oak Data Centers - Best Commercial - Data Center - 2023 Awards](https://precastcma.org/project/compass-moonraker-red-oak-data-centers/)
- [Data Center Development Boom Forces Utilities To 'Reinvent Themselves'](https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center/data-center-development-boom-forces-utilities-to-reinvent-themselves-126382)
- [Communities - Compass Datacenters](https://www.compassdatacenters.com/communities/)
- [Data Center Markets - Compass Datacenters](https://www.compassdatacenters.com/data-center-markets/)
- [New Partnership Creates Data Center Career Pathway - Compass Datacenters](https://www.compassdatacenters.com/in-the-news/compass-tstc-data-center-career-pathway-red-oak/) — Compass Datacenters · 2026-07-17
- [Compass Datacenters to Invest $200M in Red Oak](https://www.compassdatacenters.com/in-the-news/dallas-compass-datacenters-to-spend-200-million-in-red-oak/)
- [Compass Datacenters Adds Second Campus in DFW](https://www.compassdatacenters.com/news/compass-datacenters-adds-second-dallas-area-campus)
- [Compass Datacenters Donates $12.6M Training Facility to TSTC](https://www.compassdatacenters.com/news/compass-datacenters-donates-training-facility-to-texas-state-technical-college/)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.compassdatacenters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Compass-Datacenters_ESGReport2023.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.compassdatacenters.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Compass_Datacenters_Outcomes_Report_10-10-25-compressed-1.pdf)
- [Compass Datacenters Lands Refi on 5 Red Oak Facilities - Connect CRE](https://www.connectcre.com/stories/compass-datacenters-lands-refi-on-5-red-oak-facilities-to-add-three-more/)
- [Red Oak embraced data centers. Now neighbors are pushing back](https://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/article/red-oak-data-center-boom-impacts-22232383.php) — Dallas Morning News · 2026-07-23
- [Big data center project underway south of Dallas](https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/01/29/big-datacenter-project-underway-south-of-dallas/)
- [RED OAK DATACENTER - RED OAK, TX](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/red-oak-datacenter-2bc4d9c9)
- [Compass buys land for second Dallas campus - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/compass-buys-land-second-dallas-campus/)
- [Compass Datacenters acquires 375 acres in Red Oak, Texas - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/compass-datacenters-acquires-375-acres-in-red-oak-texas/)
- [Compass Datacenters looks to calm data center controversy by funding $15m animal shelter in Ellis County, Texas - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/compass-datacenters-looks-to-calm-data-center-controversy-by-funding-15m-animal-shelter-in-ellis-county-texas/) — Data Center Dynamics · 2026-06-05
- [Compass Datacenters looks to expand Red Oak campus - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/compass-datacenters-looks-to-expand-red-oak-campus/) — Data Center Dynamics · 2024-09-26
- [Compass Red Oak - 300 Houston School Rd in Dallas](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/dallas/compass-red-oak/)
- [300 HOUSTON SCHOOL RD, RED OAK, TX 75154](https://www.daveperrymiller.com/realestate/details/107472922/300-houston-school-road-red-oak-tx-75154)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.elliscountytx.gov/Archive.asp?ADID=4166) — Ellis County · 2023-11-01
- [Compass Datacenters Commits $15 Million to Build New Ellis County Animal Shelter, Answering the Community's Urgent Call](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/compass-datacenters-commits-15-million-to-build-new-ellis-county-animal-shelter-answering-the-communitys-urgent-call-302787879.html)
- [News Flash • Red Oak, TX • CivicEngage](https://www.redoaktx.org/CivicAlerts.asp?AID=230&ARC=465)
- [Schneider Electric Opens Data Center Integration Facility in Red Oak, TX| Schneider Electric United States](https://www.se.com/us/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releases/schneider-electric-opens-data-center-integration-facility-in-red-oak-tx-66739ba970de4cb867027917/) — Schneider Electric · 2024-06-20
- [Fetched web page](https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/permitting/air/publicnotice/37072sop.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/permitting/air/reports/applications/37072-ac.pdf)
- [TDLR TABS - Project Details](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Projects/TABS2020002947)

## Data quality

- The exact asset is the existing Compass Red Oak campus at 300 Houston School Road. The 2026 830-acre proposal between Goodloe Lane, FM 2377, Pierce Road, and Pratt Road was treated as a separate nearby project and was not merged with the exact asset.
- No MW, water-use, PUE, WUE, tenant-commercial terms, or equipment claims are included as asset facts. Job and donation amounts are reported only where the cited source explicitly states them.
- The animal-shelter grant was proposed and subject to Ellis County Commissioners Court approval; it is not presented as a completed benefit.
- The retrieved evidence identified no named community advocacy organization or exact-site petition. Texas State Technical College and Schneider Electric are included in the articles and benefits context, not classified as community groups.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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