# Dallas - Allen Data Center

ERCOT data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/dallas-allen-data-center

TierPoint operates the Dallas-Allen Data Center at 820 Allen Commerce Parkway, a two-building facility with 29,000 square feet on 12 acres completed in 2016–2017 at a project cost of $20 million. Current specifications report either 4.0 MW or 5.0 MW of backup-generator capacity across redundant units. The facility provides colocation, cloud, and telecom-edge services.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 820 Allen Commerce Parkway, Allen, Collin County, TX
- Operator: TierPoint, LLC (exact asset) — https://www.tierpoint.com/data-centers/texas/dallas-allen/
- Landowner: Compass Datacenters (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Backup generation: 4 MW · operating · exact asset — Two redundant 2 MW generators; the official facility specification sheet also states each has 4,000 gallons of fuel storage.
- Backup generation: 5 MW · operating · exact asset — Current official TierPoint page reports two 2 MW redundant generators plus one 1 MW generator.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT

## Development

- Site status: Operating
- Site area: 12 acres
- Gross floor area: 29,000 square feet
- Buildings: 2
- Construction: The Dallas–Allen facility is a two-building data-center asset completed in two phases between 2016 and 2017. It is leased to TierPoint and ScaleMatrix, while Compass Datacenters owns the building/site.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, cloud, telecom_edge
- Workloads: private cloud, disaster recovery, security, colocation, managed IT services
- Operating context: Operating TierPoint Dallas–Allen (DA2) is a multitenant colocation facility that includes a TierPoint multitenant cloud pod and offers managed private cloud, disaster recovery, security, and colocation services.

## Sources

- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/tierpoint-dallas-allen](http://baxtel.com/data-center/tierpoint-dallas-allen)
- [http://commercialsearch.com/news/compass-datacenters-lands-326m-for-dfw-campus](http://commercialsearch.com/news/compass-datacenters-lands-326m-for-dfw-campus)
- [http://daveperrymiller.com/realestate/details/109047580/820-allen-commerce-parkway-allen-tx-75013](http://daveperrymiller.com/realestate/details/109047580/820-allen-commerce-parkway-allen-tx-75013)
- [http://ocolo.io/colocation/tierpoint/dallas-allen-da2](http://ocolo.io/colocation/tierpoint/dallas-allen-da2)
- [http://peeringdb.com/fac/4372](http://peeringdb.com/fac/4372)
- [http://therealdeal.com/texas/dallas/2023/10/05/cyrusone-plans-32m-data-center-in-allen](http://therealdeal.com/texas/dallas/2023/10/05/cyrusone-plans-32m-data-center-in-allen)
- [http://tierpoint.com/data-centers/texas/dallas-allen](http://tierpoint.com/data-centers/texas/dallas-allen)
- [Compass: Allen II Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/compass-allen-ii)
- [Tierpoint Dallas-Allen Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/tierpoint-dallas-allen)
- [Allen Commerce Parkway to be home for new data center ...](https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/news/allen-commerce-parkway-home-new-data-center-pods-compass-datacenters/)
- [Chapter 312 Abatement Reports](https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/development/search-tools/ch312/abatements-details.php?id=000003699)
- [Compass Datacenters TABS2020019742 — Allen, TX | MLQ Infrastructure](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/texas/allen/tabs2020019742/)
- [O-3432-10-16 - Laserfiche Public Portal - Allen, Texas](https://publicrecords.cityofallen.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=11128&dbid=0&repo=Allen)
- [Min - City Council - 2016 - 10/25 - Regular](https://publicrecords.cityofallen.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=11137&dbid=0&repo=Allen)
- [O-3514-9-17 - Laserfiche Public Portal - Allen, Texas](https://publicrecords.cityofallen.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=12677&dbid=0&repo=Allen)
- [Fetched web page](https://swagit-attachments.granicus.com/archive/agendas/89440/original/10-18%20AllenP%26Z.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://web.tierpoint.com/hubfs/data-center/tx-dallas-allen-data-center-spec-sheet.pdf)
- [Compass Datacenters Lands $326M for DFW Campus - Commercial Property Executive](https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/compass-datacenters-lands-326m-for-dfw-campus/)
- [TierPoint to build in Allen, North Texas - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/tierpoint-to-build-in-allen-north-texas/)
- [Tierpoint Dallas-Allen](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/dallas/tierpoint-dallas-allen/)
- [820 ALLEN COMMERCE PKWY, ALLEN, TX 75013](https://www.daveperrymiller.com/realestate/details/109047580/820-allen-commerce-parkway-allen-tx-75013)
- [Oncor](https://www.oncor.com/content/oncorwww/us/en/home.html)
- [TierPoint Dallas2 - Allen - PeeringDB](https://www.peeringdb.com/fac/4372)
- [Texas Data Centers | TierPoint, LLC](https://www.tierpoint.com/data-centers/texas/)
- [Dallas-Allen Data Center](https://www.tierpoint.com/data-centers/texas/dallas-allen/)

## Data quality

- TierPoint identifies the exact facility as Dallas–Allen/DA2 at 820 Allen Commerce Parkway. City planning and permit records identify the related development as Compass Data Center or Compass Datacenters DFW I.
- The 2016 Compass planning record concerns the site north of Allen Commerce Parkway and west of US 75, while the 2020 permit record explicitly gives 820 Allen Commerce Parkway. Nearby facilities and projects, including Compass Allen II at 816 Allen Commerce Parkway, later Compass pods, and CyrusOne's Chelsea Boulevard/Ridgeview Drive project, were not merged into the exact asset.
- The reviewed evidence does not provide verified MW, water use, PUE, WUE, tenants, employment, equipment, noise, emissions, or realized tax-revenue figures for this facility. The $400 million amount is an estimated capital-investment figure for a later Compass phase.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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