# Equinix Infomart

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Equinix owns and operates Equinix DA1, a 30,354-square-foot colocation facility within the 1.6-million-square-foot Infomart building in Dallas, which opened in 1985; Equinix established DA1 around 2000. The facility houses telecommunications, enterprise IT, cloud, AI, and edge workloads and maintains 4.5 MW of backup diesel-generator capacity.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: building
- Location: 1950 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Dallas County, TX
- Owner: Equinix (building) — https://www.equinix.com/
- Operator: Equinix (exact asset) — https://www.equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/dallas-data-centers/da1

## Power and grid context

- Backup generation: 4.5 MW · operating · exact asset — Aggregate standby-generator nameplate capacity calculated from three 1,500 kW diesel generators; this is backup-generation capacity, not utility service, interconnection, gross-campus, or critical-IT capacity.
- ISO/RTO: Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Electric utility: Oncor
- Substation: Not identified by name; public information reports redundant access to electrical substations.

## Development

- Site status: Operating: Equinix DA1 is an active data-center facility within the Infomart building.
- Site area: 18.2 acres
- Gross floor area: 1,600,000 square feet
- Buildings: 1
- Construction: The Infomart building at 1950 North Stemmons Freeway opened in 1985 as a 1.6-million-gross-square-foot, seven-floor building. Equinix established DA1, its first data center in the Infomart, around 2000. DA1 is now an operating Equinix IBX facility with 30,354 square feet of colocation space. No separate DA1 construction start or completion date was identified.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, cloud, telecom_edge, enterprise, ai_hpc
- Workloads: telecommunications and network interconnection, enterprise IT, cloud connectivity and hybrid multicloud, AI and high-density workloads, edge and low-latency applications
- Operating context: Operating Equinix International Business Exchange facility providing premium colocation, telecommunications interconnection, cross-connects, cloud connectivity and managed infrastructure services at 1950 North Stemmons Freeway, Suite 1034, within the Infomart building.

## Sources

- [Dallas Carrier Hotel Data Center & Colocation Services | Cologix DAL3](http://cologix.com/data-centers/dallas/dal3)
- [http://connectbase.com/provider/equinix-da-dallas-previously-infomart-dallas](http://connectbase.com/provider/equinix-da-dallas-previously-infomart-dallas)
- [Equinix Data Center in Dallas, Texas](http://datacenters.com/equinix-da1-dallas)
- [http://mlq.ai/data-centers/usa/texas/dallas/equinix-da1-dallas](http://mlq.ai/data-centers/usa/texas/dallas/equinix-da1-dallas)
- [Accela Citizen Access](https://aca-prod.accela.com/DALLASTX/Cap/GlobalSearchResults.aspx?QueryText=1950%20N%20STEMMONS)
- [Infomart Dallas - Equinix Dallas - 1950 N Stemmons Fwy](https://baxtel.com/data-center/infomart-dallas-equinix-dallas-1950-n-stemmons-fwy)
- [How the Dallas Infomart is Shaping the Way Businesses Connect - Interconnections - The Equinix Blog](https://blog.equinix.com/blog/2020/06/04/how-the-dallas-infomart-is-shaping-the-way-businesses-connect)
- [Infomart Dallas](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/infomart-dallas/)
- [Fetched web page](https://cf.cloudscene.com/FacilityPDF/91/91.pdf)
- [COUNCIL CHAMBER - 073782 - December 12, 2007](https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/resolutions/2007/12-12-07/07-3782.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/planning/DCH%20Documents/authorized%20hearings/pd621/03.Z190-136_CC%2012.9.2020%20_FINAL.pdf)
- [Equinix Expands Dallas Infomart Campus with New $142M Data Center and 5G Proof of Concept Center :: Equinix, Inc. (EQIX)](https://investor.equinix.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/104/equinix-expands-dallas-infomart-campus-with-new-142m-data)
- [Equinix Completes Acquisition of Infomart Dallas :: Equinix, Inc. (EQIX)](https://investor.equinix.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/227/equinix-completes-acquisition-of-infomart-dallas) — Equinix Investor Relations · 2018-04-03
- [Equinix to Acquire the Infomart Dallas in $800 Million Deal :: Equinix, Inc. (EQIX)](https://investor.equinix.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/233/equinix-to-acquire-the-infomart-dallas-in-800-million-deal)
- [Fetched web page](https://investor.equinix.com/sec-filings/annual-reports/content/0001140361-25-013274/0001140361-25-013274.pdf)
- [10-K - 02/12/2025](https://investor.equinix.com/sec-filings/annual-reports/content/0001628280-25-005126/0001628280-25-005126.pdf)
- [Texas Data Center Permits](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/texas/)
- [Equinix 26TMP-077830 — Dallas, TX | MLQ Infrastructure](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/texas/dallas/26tmp-077830/)
- [Equinix COM-ELC-26-001983 — Dallas, TX | MLQ Infrastructure](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/texas/dallas/com-elc-26-001983/)
- [Equinix to Acquire the Infomart Dallas in $800 Million Deal - Feb 14, 2018](https://newsroom.equinix.com/2018-02-14-Equinix-to-Acquire-the-Infomart-Dallas-in-800-Million-Deal) — Equinix Newsroom · 2018-02-14
- [Press Releases | Equinix](https://newsroom.equinix.com/2024-02-06-Equinix-Signs-its-First-Renewable-Energy-PPA-in-Australia-with-TagEnergy)
- [Fetched web page](https://records.tceq.texas.gov/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=9587971&dDocName=8300328&allowInterrupt=1)
- [1950 N (North) STEMMONS FWY, DALLAS, TX, USA](https://tx.postcodebase.com/zipcode/75207-3134)
- [INFOMART DALLAS, LP vs DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL ...](https://unicourt.com/case/tx-dl-infomart-dallas-lp-vs-dallas-central-appraisal-district-240296?init_S=csup_ltst)
- [Dallas (previously Infomart Dallas) - Global Providers Directory](https://www.connectbase.com/provider/equinix-da-dallas-previously-infomart-dallas/)
- [Infomart Dallas Data Center | Equinix](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/dallas/infomart/)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/Balancing%20Authority%20Backgrounder_2022-Formatted_041723_508.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.equinix.com.br/content/dam/eqxcorp/en_us/documents/resources/ibx-tech-specs/ibx_da1_en.pdf)
- [Sustainability at Equinix | Future First Strategy & ESG Initiatives](https://www.equinix.com/about/sustainability)
- [Dallas Data Centers | Premium Colocation Provider and Internet Exchange Point by Equinix](https://www.equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/dallas-data-centers)
- [DA1](https://www.equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/dallas-data-centers/da1)
- [Equinix Sustainability Data Summary](https://www.equinix.com/resources/data-sheets/sustainability-data-summary)
- [Electric Reliability Council of Texas](https://www.ercot.com/)
- [1950 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75207 - APN/Parcel ID](https://www.loopnet.com/property/1950-n-stemmons-fwy-dallas-tx-75207/48113-00100100010020000/)
- [Data Center Giant Equinix and Coworking Firm Headed to Frisco Station – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth](https://www.nbcdfw.com/local/dfw-morningnews-data-center-giant-equinix-and-coworking-firm-headed-to-frisco-station/75127/) — NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth · 2018-04-30
- [ONCOR SERVICE AREA MAP](https://www.oncor.com/content/oncorwww/us/en/home/about-us/service-area-map.html)
- [Equinix Expands Dallas Infomart Campus with New $142M Data Center and 5G Proof of Concept Center](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/equinix-expands-dallas-infomart-campus-with-new-142m-data-center-and-5g-proof-of-concept-center-301082615.html) — PR Newswire · 2020-06-24

## Data quality

- The researched asset is the Equinix Infomart building at 1950 North Stemmons Freeway, which contains multiple separately identified Equinix facilities, including DA1. News about DA11 is classified as campus/phase evidence rather than exact-DA1 evidence.
- No site-specific community organization, petition, or public hearing was identified in the reviewed exact-site, Dallas city, operator, local-news, and legal records.
- The identified litigation is a property-tax case involving Infomart Dallas, LP and the Dallas Central Appraisal District; the available record does not provide its outcome or show community opposition.
- Equinix's economic, employment, connectivity, and innovation statements are principally operator-reported benefits and should not be read as independently verified community-impact findings.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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