Houston 2 Data Center
Operating
Operating
Switch owns and Data Foundry operates the Houston 2 Data Center campus, a 377,000-square-foot colocation and AI/HPC facility at 660 Greens Parkway, Houston. The original 350,000-sq-ft facility (60 MW, operational October 2015) was expanded by 27,000 sq ft in 2019 and POD 2–Phase 1 (27,750 sq ft, operational August 2023). Total campus capacity is reported as 60 MW with scalable Cummins diesel backup generators.
Original Houston 2 facility: a 350,000-square-foot purpose-built data center with 175,000 square feet of total raised floor and 60 MW power capacity.
New data hall expansion at the Houston 2 campus, offering 27,000 square feet of white-floor space and 4 MW; the expansion was expected to increase the campus total to 377,000 square feet.
POD 2 – Phase 1 at 660 Greens Parkway. The permit record lists a 27,750-square-foot floor area, a June 1, 2023 application and approval date, and an actual operational date of August 7, 2023.
| Capacity | Basis | Status | Scope | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 MW | Campus Gross Power | Reported | Campus | — |
| Master-planned Houston 2 facility power capacity; this is not identified as contracted, approved, energized, or critical IT load. | ||||
| 2.25 MW | Backup Generation | Reported | Exact Asset | — |
| Each of multiple scalable Cummins diesel backup generators; total generator capacity and generator count are not disclosed. | ||||
Also reported as Data Foundry Houston 2, Houston 2, Switch Houston 2 Data Center.
Announced a January 2020 celebration of the Houston 2 expansion and explicitly gave the facility address as 660 Greens Parkway, Houston, Texas.
Reported a Data Foundry Houston II expansion in Greenspoint and stated that the build-out was valued at approximately $4 million according to a City of Houston building permit.
Reported Data Foundry’s opening of Houston 2 in October 2015 and identified it as a 350,000-square-foot facility in the Greenspoint District, with dedicated office space and a technology briefing center.
Data Foundry’s official grand-opening announcement identified Houston 2, described investment in the Greenspoint District, and reported employment opportunities for local-college technical talent.