DFW36 Data Center — Dallas, TX · Ask the Grid

Power and grid

Capacity	Basis	Status	Scope	As of
6 MW	Utility Service	Reported	Building	—
Exact-site listing reports 6,000 kW utility power capacity; this is kept separate from other reported power figures.
3 MW	Backup Generation	Reported	Building	—
Exact-site listing reports 3,000 kW generator power capacity; generator fuel and operating status are not stated.

Utility: Oncor Electric Delivery
Balancing authority: ERCOT
ISO / RTO: ERCOT
Substation: Unnamed; public sources report redundant access to electrical substations but do not identify a substation by name.
Redundancy: 2N UPS redundancy; N+1 generator redundancy; N+1 cooling redundancy. A secondary exact-site listing also reports 2N power redundancy.
Backup generation: Backup generators are reported with N+1 redundancy and a listed generator power capacity of 3,000 kW; fuel type is not identified.
Power sources: Oncor utility service · Renewable energy supply (Digital Realty reports 100% renewable energy) · Backup generators

Facility and development

Gross floor area (sq ft): 35,000
Site area (acres): 5.3
Construction: Existing 11-story building constructed in 1983 and subsequently retrofitted for colocation. The facility is commissioned and operating; no authoritative construction-start, retrofit-completion, or commercial-operation date was identified.
Facility class: Colocation
Cooling systems: Cooling plant with N+1 redundancy · Chilled-water cooling combined with computer room air handler (CRAH) units
Cooling medium: Chilled water and air handled by computer room air handler (CRAH) units
Fiber and connectivity: Highly connected Dallas/Fort Worth colocation facility with multiple diverse fiber entrances. Connectivity includes Digital Realty Metro Connect to the 2323 Bryan Street Interconnection Center, access to 70+ network providers, Internet Exchange connectivity through DRIX, DE-CIX, and MegaIX, cloud connectivity including Azure ExpressRoute and IBM Cloud, and lit/dark fiber connectivity between Digital Realty facilities.
Operating context: Operational, carrier-neutral colocation facility at 8435 N. Stemmons Freeway. Digital Realty occupies the entire second floor, providing more than 35,000 square feet of colocation space with cabinets, cages, and private suites. The building has 11 levels, 24x7x365 onsite security, remote hands, UPS redundancy, generator redundancy, and cooling-plant redundancy.
Environmental commitments: 100% renewable energy for the DFW36 facility
Environmental impacts: The facility factsheet states that 8435 Stemmons Freeway is outside the 100-year flood plain.
Permits and dockets: Dallas Certificate of Occupancy record for 8435 N. Stemmons Freeway, Suite 101, issued/reported in the November 2024 city permit report; the retrieved record does not establish that the occupancy was for the DFW36 data-center space.
Transactions: The exact 8435 N. Stemmons site was reported as acquired by Digital Realty as part of its 2015 Telx acquisition. Digital Realty's SEC materials identify 8435 Stemmons in the Telx-related portfolio; the overall Telx transaction was valued at $1.886 billion, but no allocation to DFW36 was disclosed.
Public hearings: On February 12, 1997, Dallas City Council held a public hearing concerning creation of Reinvestment Zone No. 35 for approximately 5.3022 acres at 8435 Stemmons Freeway. The hearing concerned a commercial-industrial tax abatement for First American Real Estate Information Services and its lessor, Stemmons Empire Associates; the minutes state that no one addressed the council regarding creation of the zone. · The same February 12, 1997 council record shows the related ordinance and tax-abatement agreement were adopted, with the motion passing on a divided voice vote.
Community benefits: The 1997 Dallas City Council record for the exact 8435 Stemmons Freeway parcel approved a commercial-industrial tax-abatement arrangement associated with First American Real Estate Information Services and Stemmons Empire Associates; the record estimated $113,917 in first-year tax revenue and $1,139,170 over 10 years, against $670,100 in estimated foregone revenue. · Digital Realty advertises 100% renewable energy for the exact DFW36 facility, which is a documented site-level sustainability benefit but is not described in the sources as a community-benefit program.
Opposition or litigation: No petition, organized opposition, or litigation specifically tied to Digital Realty DFW36 at 8435 N. Stemmons Freeway was identified in the reviewed sources. · The exact-site 1997 tax-abatement hearing record states that no one addressed the council regarding creation of Reinvestment Zone No. 35. Opposition reported for Digital Realty's Red Oak campus and litigation mentioning 8435 Stemmons in unrelated contexts were not attributed to DFW36.

Identity and campus: DFW36 Data Center
Also reported as DFW36, Digital Realty DFW36.
Regulatory record: DFW36 is an operating Digital Realty colocation facility at 8435 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas. The official facility materials identify an 11-story, 35,000-square-foot building with 2N UPS redundancy and N+1 cooling redundancy. Publicly retrieved materials did not identify a site-specific incentive agreement, power-purchase agreement, utility contract, regulatory docket, construction contractor, financier, or project-cost disclosure.

Digital Realty in Dallas – Past, Present, and Future — A market-history article identifies 8435 Stemmons Freeway as Digital Realty's second Dallas colocation/interconnection facility and states that the site offers 35,000 square feet with connectivity to network operators at Digital Realty's adjacent 2323 Bryan Street interconnection center.

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