# Downtown Dallas Data Center (DFW1)

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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.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 400 South Akard Street, Dallas, Texas
- Operator: DataBank (exact asset) — https://www.databank.com/

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 7 MW · operating · exact asset — DataBank's current DFW1 page reports a 7 MW critical IT load for the exact 400 South Akard facility.
- Utility service: 28.8 MW · reported · exact asset — DataBank's DFW1 fact sheet reports 28.8 MW of onsite power, configured as 14.4 MW A plus 14.4 MW B in a 2N design. This is kept separate from the reported critical IT load and is not treated as onsite generation.
- Critical it load: 12 MW · reported · exact asset — The DFW1 fact sheet separately lists 12 MW as 'Critical Power Total'; this older reported figure is not merged with DataBank's current 7 MW critical IT-load figure.
- Utility service: 28.2 MW · reported · exact asset — NetActuate reports 28.2 MW of utility power delivered through 12 independent 2.4 MW feeds in six diverse utility vaults. This third-party utility-service figure is retained separately from DataBank's 28.8 MW onsite-power figure.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Electric utility: Oncor Electric Delivery Company (Oncor)
- Substation: Diverse, high-priority substations serve the facility; the specific substation names are not disclosed.

## Development

- Site status: Operating
- Construction: 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.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, cloud, ai_hpc, telecom_edge
- Workloads: colocation, cloud and hybrid-cloud infrastructure, connectivity and data-center interconnection, HPC
- Critical IT load: 7 MW
- Operating context: 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.

## Sources

- [http://databank.com/data-centers/dallas](http://databank.com/data-centers/dallas)
- [http://databank.com/data-centers/dallas/400-south-akard](http://databank.com/data-centers/dallas/400-south-akard)
- [http://databank.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DB_DCTR_DFW1_Q32020_v2.pdf](http://databank.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DB_DCTR_DFW1_Q32020_v2.pdf)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/corespace-e7d58a7f](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/corespace-e7d58a7f)
- [http://datacenterknowledge.com/next-gen-data-centers/digital-realty-buys-databank-building-in-dallas](http://datacenterknowledge.com/next-gen-data-centers/digital-realty-buys-databank-building-in-dallas)
- [http://ercot.com/about](http://ercot.com/about)
- [Cogent: 400 S Akard Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/cogent-400-s-akard)
- [minutes of the dallas city council](https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/CC2005/cc101905.pdf)
- [agenda city council meeting september 22, 2010 city of Dallas](https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/CC2010/ag092210.pdf)
- [Certificates of Occupancy September 2014](https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/buildinginspection/DCH%20documents/co_permits/CO_sept2014.pdf)
- [SQL Results](https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/buildinginspection/DCH%20documents/excel/Permits_Apr2016.xlsx)
- [Fetched web page](https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/HP%20Documents/Landmark%20Structures/Federal%20Reserve%20Bank%20Landmark%20Nomination.pdf)
- [Dallas Landmark Structures & Sites](https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/Pages/Dallas-Landmark-Structures.aspx)
- [Federal Reserve Bank](https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/Pages/federal_reserve_bank.aspx)
- [Data Center Expansion Valued at $280M Set for 2024](https://dallasexpress.com/metroplex/data-center-expansion-valued-at-280m-set-for-2024/)
- [Dallas-Based Gigabit Fiber Picks Nokia, LightRiver for ' ...](https://dallasinnovates.com/dallas-based-gigabit-fiber-picks-nokia-lightriver-for-future-ready-network-buildout-in-texas-arizona/) — Dallas Innovates · 2025-11-03
- [DataBank — Dallas County, TX · DataCentersExposed](https://datacentersexposed.com/facilities/databank-osmway-30827429)
- [DataBank Dallas (DFW1) — Internet Exchange / Peering Facility in ...](https://gridcensus.com/internet-exchanges/databank-dallas-dfw1-2756b4e8)
- [Filings for 35077 - PUC Interchange](https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Search/Filings?ControlNumber=35077)
- [DataBank COM-ELC-25-000155 — Dallas, TX](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/texas/dallas/com-elc-25-000155/)
- [DataBank FIRE-P-26-000685 — Dallas, TX](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/texas/dallas/fire-p-26-000685/)
- [Dallas Data Center | NetActuate](https://netactuate.com/data-centers/dallas-datacenter)
- [More public discussion set for the future of Dallas City Hall ...](https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-city-hall-future-discussion-5-19-2026/)
- [Dallas Data Centers (DFW)](https://www.databank.com/data-centers/dallas/)
- [Dallas Data Center - 400 South Akard and Colocation Solution | DataBank](https://www.databank.com/data-centers/dallas/400-south-akard/)
- [DataBank Partners with DE-CIX to Deliver Enhanced Peering Access in Dallas | DataBank](https://www.databank.com/resources/press-releases/databank-partners-with-de-cix-to-deliver-enhanced-peering-access-in-dallas/)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.databank.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DFW1-Fact-Sheet-A.pdf)
- [Gigabit Fiber signs long-term lease extension with DataBank in Dallas, Texas - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/gigabit-fiber-signs-long-term-lease-extension-with-databank-in-dallas-texas/) — Data Center Dynamics · 2025-04-04
- [DataBank Grows Beyond its Dallas Digital Fortress](https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/business/databank-grows-beyond-its-dallas-digital-fortress)
- [400 S Akard St, Dallas, TX 75202 - APN/Parcel ID](https://www.loopnet.com/property/400-s-akard-st-dallas-tx-75202/48113-00000101136000000/)
- [Davor Rukavina - Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.](https://www.munsch.com/Professionals/Davor-Rukavina)
- [DataBank Dallas (DFW1) - PeeringDB](https://www.peeringdb.com/fac/4284)

## Data quality

- The research was restricted to DataBank’s Downtown Dallas Data Center (DFW1), the former Federal Reserve Building at 400 South Akard Street.
- Articles were included as exact-site evidence only where the source explicitly identified DFW1, 400 South Akard, or the uniquely matching former Federal Reserve Building.
- DataBank’s Plano and Red Oak campuses, the Garland project, and unrelated Dallas City Hall litigation were excluded.
- The historical landmark hearing concerned designation of the building as a Dallas Landmark, not approval of the current data-center operation.
- No supported evidence was found for a DFW1-specific community group, petition, organized opposition campaign, or litigation.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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