# DFW-01 Data Center

ERCOT data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/dfw-01-data-center

Aligned Data Centers operates the DFW-01 facility at 2800 Summit Avenue in Plano, Texas on a 19-acre campus. The first phase, completed and operating, comprises 108,000 square feet with 12.5 MW of power; full build-out is planned at 300,000 square feet and 30 MW.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 2800 Summit Avenue, Plano, Collin County, TX
- Operator: Aligned Data Centers (exact asset) — https://aligneddc.com/

## Power and grid context

- Backup generation: 3 MW · reported · campus — Reported backup-generator capacity associated with the Aligned Plano campus serving the DFW-01/DFW-02 site; not an interconnection, utility-service, or critical-IT-load figure.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Electric utility: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC
- Substation: Unnamed onsite electric substation on the Aligned 19-acre Plano campus; campus-level detail, not identified as a DFW-01-only substation.

## Development

- Site status: Operating; first phase complete. A larger full-build configuration was stated by Aligned as planned.
- Site area: 19 acres
- Gross floor area: 108,000 square feet
- Construction: The exact DFW-01 site is an operating Aligned data-center facility on a 19-acre campus. Its documented first phase is complete, providing 108,000 square feet of space and 12.5 MW; Aligned's stated full-build plan is 300,000 square feet and 30 MW. No sourced construction-start or construction-completion dates were identified.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, colocation, enterprise
- Workloads: cloud workloads, AI workloads
- Operating context: Operating Aligned facility offering hyperscale and colocation infrastructure at 2800 Summit Avenue. The first phase provides 108,000 square feet and 12.5 MW of power; the operating model includes consumption-based colocation pricing and pay-for-use scaling. The facility supports air and liquid cooling, including liquid cooling for high-density GPU deployments.

## Sources

- [http://ercot.com/about](http://ercot.com/about)
- [http://usdatamap.com/facility/aligned-dfw-01-dallas-tx-algn-11](http://usdatamap.com/facility/aligned-dfw-01-dallas-tx-algn-11)
- [Adaptive Data Centers for Growth | Aligned Data Centers](https://aligneddc.com/)
- [Advanced Data Center Cooling | Aligned Data Centers](https://aligneddc.com/cooling-innovation/)
- [Sustainable, AI-Ready Data Centers in Dallas Fort Worth | Aligned](https://aligneddc.com/dallas-data-centers/)
- [Global Data Center Locations](https://aligneddc.com/locations/)
- [Aligned | Aligned Data Centers Opens Ultra-Efficient Data Center in Plano|Aligned | Aligned Data Centers Opens Ultra-Efficient Data Center in Plano](https://aligneddc.com/press-release/aligned-data-centers-opens-ultra-efficient-data-center-in-plano)
- [Aligned | Aligned Data Centers Opens Ultra-Efficient Data Center in Plano|Aligned | Aligned Data Centers Opens Ultra-Efficient Data Center in Plano](https://aligneddc.com/press-release/aligned-data-centers-opens-ultra-efficient-data-center-in-plano/) — Aligned Data Centers
- [Aligned to Expand Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area Campus with Second Hyperscale Data Center - Aligned Data Centers](https://aligneddc.com/press-release/aligned-to-expand-dallas-fort-worth-metro-area-campus-with-second-hyperscale-data-center/)
- [Aligned Plano Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-plano)
- [Plano commission recommends approval of data center expansions | Community Impact](https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/plano/development/2024/02/06/plano-commission-recommends-approval-of-data-center-expansions/)
- [Plano council approves permit to allow new data center](https://communityimpact.com/plano/development/plano-council-approves-permit-to-allow-new-data-center/)
- [Anniversaries: Aligned Data Centers | Plano](https://communityimpact.com/plano/news/anniversaries-aligned-data-centers-2/) — Community Impact · 2015-12-15
- [Data Centers in Texas - Texas Comptroller](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/data-centers/data-center-lists.php)
- [Fetched web page](https://data.texas.gov/resource/82ee-gbj5.json?$where=permitid=1078779)
- [Fetched web page](https://data.texas.gov/resource/82ee-gbj5.json?$where=permitid=1091470)
- [Aligned Data Centers DFW01 | 2800 Summit Avenue, Dallas/Fort Worth - datacenterHawk](https://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/aligned-data-centers/2800-summit-avenue/dfw01)
- [Aligned Data Centers 23-00605 — Plano, TX | MLQ Infrastructure](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/texas/plano/23-00605/)
- [Aligned Data Centers 23-01831 — Plano, TX](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/texas/plano/23-01831/)
- [Aligned Partners With Lambda on $700M Data Center ...](https://rebusinessonline.com/aligned-partners-with-lambda-on-700m-data-center-project-in-plano/)
- [2800 SUMMIT AVE, PLANO, TX 75074](https://www.alliebeth.com/realestate/details/108931269/2800-summit-avenue-plano-tx-75074)
- [Switch, Ltd. v. Aligned Data Centers LLC, 2:17-cv-00574 – CourtListener.com](https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6134880/switch-ltd-v-aligned-data-centers-llc/)
- [Aligned announces second data center at Plano campus in Texas - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/aligned-announces-second-data-center-at-plano-campus-in-texas/)
- [Data Centers Expansion Set For Plano, Texas](https://www.localprofile.com/news/data-centers-expansion-set-for-plano-texas-8279396)
- [2800 Summit Ave, Plano, TX 75074](https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2800-Summit-Ave-Plano-TX/7665347/)
- [Plano, TX - Official Website | Official Website](https://www.plano.gov/)
- [Aligned Data Centers Opens Ultra-Efficient Data Center in Plano; Next-Generation Multi-Tenant Data Center Will Reduce Water Use by 85% and Offer Guaranteed 1.15 PUE](https://www.prweb.com/releases/aligned_data_centers_opens_ultra_efficient_data_center_in_plano_next_generation_multi_tenant_data_center_will_reduce_water_use_by_85_and_offer_guaranteed_1_15_pue/prweb13097451.htm)
- [TDLR TABS - Project Details](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Projects/TABS2023003826)
- [Two petitions emerge opposing Fisk University's proposed ...](https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/two-petitions-emerge-opposing-fisk-universitys-proposed-data-center/)

## Data quality

- The exact asset is the operating DFW-01 facility at 2800 Summit Avenue. The 19-acre property also contains other Aligned buildings and phases, so references to DFW-02 or later expansion projects are not treated as DFW-01 evidence.
- A 2024 Plano Planning and Zoning Commission matter concerned a separate proposed Aligned facility near North Star Road and East Plano Parkway, not the existing DFW-01 building at 2800 Summit Avenue.
- No exact-site petition, community organization, resident opposition, or land-use litigation was identified in the reviewed corpus. A separate 2017 patent case involving Aligned mentioned inspection of Plano and Phoenix facilities but was not community or site-development litigation.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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