Downtown Dallas Data Center (DFW1)

Operating · DataBank · 400 South Akard Street, Dallas, Texas

DataBank operates DFW1 at 400 South Akard Street in Dallas, providing 145,250 IT square feet for colocation, cloud, and HPC workloads. The facility reports 7 MW of critical IT load and 28.8 MW of onsite power configured as 14.4 MW A plus 14.4 MW B in a 2N design through underground diverse delivery.

Website Open in grid

Overview

Status: Operating
Operating facility
Exact-site power: 28.8 MW
Utility Service · Reported
Site: Not disclosed
Facility · Floor area and acreage not disclosed
Compute profile: Colocation · Cloud
colocation · cloud and hybrid-cloud infrastructure

Downtown Dallas Data Center (DFW1)

Operating · DataBank · 400 South Akard Street, Dallas, Texas

DataBank operates DFW1 at 400 South Akard Street in Dallas, providing 145,250 IT square feet for colocation, cloud, and HPC workloads. The facility reports 7 MW of critical IT load and 28.8 MW of onsite power configured as 14.4 MW A plus 14.4 MW B in a 2N design through underground diverse delivery.

Website Open in grid

Overview

Status: Operating
Operating facility
Exact-site power: 28.8 MW
Utility Service · Reported
Site: Not disclosed
Facility · Floor area and acreage not disclosed
Compute profile: Colocation · Cloud
colocation · cloud and hybrid-cloud infrastructure

Cooling design

Reported

N+1 cooling design · Dual-loop cooling system · Highly efficient perimeter cooling system with redundant HVAC

Profile

Project scope: DFW1 is an operating downtown Dallas data-center facility housed in the former Federal Reserve Building at 400 South Akard; it is also DataBank's headquarters and serves as a major carrier-hotel location.
Power and grid: 28.8 MW of utility service is reported for the exact facility.
Compute role: Operating DataBank colocation and connectivity facility in the former Federal Reserve Building at 400 South Akard; the site also houses DataBank's headquarters. Services include cabinets and cages, colocation, cloud connectivity, managed Internet connectivity, data-center interconnection, remote/smart hands, and HPC-capable infrastructure.
Cooling and environment: N+1 cooling design. Dual-loop cooling system.
Local reporting: Trade coverage reported that Dallas-based metro-fiber provider Gigabit Fiber signed a long-term lease extension with DataBank, including additional space at DFW1 at 400 South Akard.

Organizations

Material, source-backed organizations directly involved with this facility or its parent campus. Duplicate legal names and incidental community mentions are excluded.

OrganizationRoleScope

DataBankOperatorExact Asset

Oncor Electric Delivery CompanyUtilityExact Asset

Digital Realty TrustLandownerExact Asset

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Apr 4, 2025
Apr 4, 2025
Gigabit Fiber signs long-term lease extension with DataBank in Dallas, TexasData Center...
Trade coverage reported that Dallas-based metro-fiber provider Gigabit Fiber signed a long-term lease extension with DataBank, including additional space at DFW1 at 400 South Akard. The expansion includes an office, lab, and hyperconnected data-center environment and a multi-million-dollar optical network.
Nov 3, 2025
Nov 3, 2025
Dallas-Based Gigabit Fiber Picks Nokia, LightRiver for 'Future-Ready' Network Buildout in Texas, ArizonaDallas Inno...
Local business coverage reported that Gigabit Fiber expanded its lease at 400 South Akard, identified as the former Federal Reserve Bank building and DataBank’s home, in connection with a future-ready network buildout.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

interchange.puc.texas.govFilings for 35077 - PUC InterchangeGovernment filing

databank.comSourceOfficial source