# DFW36 Data Center

ERCOT data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/dfw36-data-center

Digital Realty operates DFW36, a 1983-built retrofit facility with 11 stories and 35,000 square feet at 8435 N. Stemmons Freeway in Dallas. The facility reports 6.0 MW utility power and 3.0 MW backup-generator capacity. It provides colocation services.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: building
- Location: 8435 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Dallas County, TX
- Operator: Digital Realty (exact asset) — https://www.digitalrealty.com

## Power and grid context

- Utility service: 6 MW · reported · building — Exact-site listing reports 6,000 kW utility power capacity; this is kept separate from other reported power figures.
- Backup generation: 3 MW · reported · building — Exact-site listing reports 3,000 kW generator power capacity; generator fuel and operating status are not stated.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Electric utility: Oncor Electric Delivery
- Substation: Unnamed; public sources report redundant access to electrical substations but do not identify a substation by name.

## Development

- Site status: Operating and commissioned colocation data center.
- Site area: 5.3 acres
- Gross floor area: 35,000 square feet
- 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.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation
- 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.

## Sources

- [http://electricityrates.com/texas/ercot](http://electricityrates.com/texas/ercot)
- [REAL ESTATE TAX BILL (2004 PAYABLE 2005) PROPERTY ...](https://adamsil.devnetwedge.com/TaxBill?property_key=233312400000&source=RE&year=2004)
- [8435 Stemmons - Digital Realty Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/8435-stemmons-digital-realty)
- [Fetched web page](https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/CC1997/cc021297.pdf)
- [Sheet1](https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/buildinginspection/DCH%20documents/permit_reports/FY%2024-25%20Reports/COs_MonthOf_11_2024.xlsx)
- [Digital Realty DFW36 | 8435 N Stemmons Freeway, Dallas/Fort Worth - datacenterHawk](https://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/digital-realty/8435-n-stemmons-freeway/dfw36)
- [Digital Realty in Dallas – Past, Present, and Future - datacenterHawk](https://datacenterhawk.com/resources/market-insights/digital-realty-in-dallas-past-present-and-future) — datacenterHawk
- [Fetched web page](https://directory-service-090921371925-us-west-2-prod.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/facility-pdf/546-1562119797.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://go2.digitalrealty.com/rs/087-YZJ-646/images/DS_Digital_Realty_2308_DFW36_Property_Factsheet_EN.pdf)
- [Digital Realty DFW36: See All services with pricing](https://inflect.com/building/8435-north-stemmons-freeway-dallas/digital-realty/datacenter/dal2)
- [FORM 8-K](https://investor.digitalrealty.com/static-files/283490c4-1936-4335-bf18-5b7ff4fbbf53)
- [MLQ.ai — Frontier tech research, news & data](https://mlq.ai/data-centers/usa/texas/dallas/digitalrealty-dfw36-dallas/)
- [Sunstates Security- Dallas, TX, location on the map](https://us.maptons.com/p/13504149620)
- [DCAD: Find Property By Owner Name](https://www.dallascad.org/searchowner.aspx)
- [ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT ...](https://www.dallascounty.org/Assets/uploads/docs/auditor/annual-finacial-report/FY2025ACFR.pdf)
- [Digital Realty downsizes $100m upgrade to Dallas data center due to “unforeseen circumstances” - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/digital-realty-downsizes-100m-upgrade-to-dallas-data-center-due-to-unforeseen-circumstances/)
- [8435 Stemmons Freeway in Dallas | Digital Realty (1.2 MW)](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/dallas/tel-x-dallas2/)
- [Dallas Data Center & Colocation | Digital Realty](https://www.digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas/dallas)
- [DFW36 Data Center | 8435 N. Stemmons Freeway | Digital Realty](https://www.digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas/dallas/dfw36)
- [8435 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75247 - APN/Parcel ID](https://www.loopnet.com/property/8435-n-stemmons-fwy-dallas-tx-75247/48113-00000779644000000/)
- [Digital Realty Completes the Acquisition of Telx](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/digital-realty-completes-the-acquisition-of-telx-300157808.html)
- [EX-99.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000119312515251810/d44424dex991.htm)
- [NSR Application Postings](https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/permitting/air/reports/applications/nsr-pending-permits.html)
- [Project Details](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Print/TABS2022025794)

## Data quality

- The exact asset is Digital Realty DFW36 at 8435 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75247. Digital Realty's official page describes an 11-story, 35,000-square-foot facility at that address.
- The 1997 public hearing and tax-abatement records concern the exact address and parcel, but predate Digital Realty's later operation of DFW36 and identify First American Real Estate Information Services and Stemmons Empire Associates rather than Digital Realty.
- A 2022 Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing confirms an exact-address interior renovation project for the building, but identifies it as a 10th-floor tenant renovation and does not establish a community program, petition, opposition, or litigation.
- Nearby or same-operator projects were excluded from exact-asset findings. In particular, the 2025 DCD article concerns DFW10 at 2323 Bryan Street, while reported opposition to Digital Realty's Red Oak campus concerns a different location.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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