# Houston 2 Data Center

ERCOT data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/houston-2-data-center

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.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: campus
- Location: 660 Greens Parkway, Houston, Harris County, Texas
- Owner: Switch (campus) — https://www.switch.com/
- Operator: Data Foundry (campus) — https://www.datafoundry.com/
- Developer: Data Foundry (campus) — https://www.datafoundry.com/

## Power and grid context

- Campus gross power: 60 MW · reported · campus — Master-planned Houston 2 facility power capacity; this is not identified as contracted, approved, energized, or critical IT load.
- Backup generation: 2.25 MW · reported · exact asset — Each of multiple scalable Cummins diesel backup generators; total generator capacity and generator count are not disclosed.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Substation: Two distinct 400-MW substations; the substation names are not disclosed.
- Interconnection voltage: 34.5 kV

## Development

- Site status: Operating
- Site area: 18 acres
- Gross floor area: 377,000 square feet
- Construction: Houston 2 is an operating, master-planned data-center campus at 660 Greens Parkway. The original 350,000-square-foot facility broke ground in April 2014 and was reported operational in October 2015. A further 27,000-square-foot, 4 MW data-hall expansion was announced in September 2019, with expected completion/opening in Q4 2019, bringing the planned campus total to 377,000 square feet. A separately recorded POD 2 – Phase 1 permit at the same address was approved and inspected complete on June 1, 2023, with actual operation recorded on August 7, 2023.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, ai_hpc
- Workloads: high-performance computing (HPC), blade-server environments, wholesale and retail colocation
- Operating context: Operating Data Foundry campus providing wholesale and retail colocation, full and half cabinets, secure cages, hard-walled private data suites, dedicated customer offices, 24x7x365 on-site NOC and remote-hands support. The facility is concurrently maintainable and supports HPC-oriented deployments.

## Sources

- [Data Foundry, Inc. v. City of Austin](https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/data-foundry-inc-v-890397175)
- [Houston 2 - POD 2 - Phase 1 - Houston, TX | datacenter.fyi](https://datacenter.fyi/public-record/data-foundry-houston-2-fe79b068)
- [Houston 2 - POD 2 - Phase 1 - Houston, TX | datacenter.fyi](https://datacenter.fyi/public-record/data-foundry-houston-2-fe79b068?ref=interconnection.fyi&utm_source=interconnection.fyi&utm_medium=referral)
- [Data Foundry's New Data Hall Construction Meets Houston ...](https://datacenterpost.com/data-foundrys-new-data-hall-construction-meets-houston-demand-for-capacity/)
- [Fetched web page](https://records.tceq.texas.gov/cs/idcplg?IdcService=TCEQ_EXTERNAL_SEARCH_GET_FILE&dID=8931157&Rendition=Web)
- [Fetched web page](https://switchdotcom.s3-sites.data.switch.com/df/media/houston-2.pdf)
- [Texas Colocation Data Center by Data Foundry Breaks Ground](https://wiredre.com/texas-colocation-data-center-data-foundry-breaks-ground-q2-2014/)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2019/09/24/houston-data-center-to-expand-in-greenspoint.html) — Houston Business Journal · 2019-09-24
- [Data Foundry Expands Houston Data Center - Connect CRE](https://www.connectcre.com/stories/data-foundry-expands-houston-data-center/)
- [Houston 2 - POD 2 - Phase 1 - Houston, TX | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/data-foundry-houston-2-fe79b068)
- [Data Foundry opens second data center in Houston, TX - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/data-foundry-opens-second-data-center-in-houston-tx/) — Data Center Dynamics · 2015-10-12
- [Switch Acquires Data Foundry for $420 Million, Enters ...](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/cloud/article/11428213/switch-acquires-data-foundry-for-420-million-enters-texas-market)
- [Data Foundry - Houston 2 Data Center | 660 Greens Pkwy](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/houston/houston-2/)
- [Switch Data Centers Data Center in Houston Texas](https://www.datacenters.com/switch-houston-2)
- [Premier Colocation Data Centers in Austin and Houston | Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/)
- [News Archives](https://www.datafoundry.com/category/news/)
- [Contact Us](https://www.datafoundry.com/contact-us/)
- [Houston 2 Data Center | Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/data-centers/houston-2)
- [Houston 2 Data Center](https://www.datafoundry.com/data-centers/houston-2/)
- [Houston Data Centers | Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/data-centers/houston-data-centers/)
- [Data Foundry Announces the Opening of Its Newest Houston Data Center | Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/data-foundry-announces-the-opening-of-its-newest-houston-data-center/)
- [Data Foundry Celebrates the Grand Opening of Houston 2 | Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/data-foundry-grand-opening-celebration-houston-2-data-center/)
- [Data Foundry Houston 2 Ground Breaking](https://www.datafoundry.com/data-foundry-houston-2-ground-breaking/)
- [Data Foundry Joins the Greater Houston Partnership | Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/data-foundry-joins-greater-houston-partnership/)
- [Data Foundry to add 27,000 Square Feet of White Floor Space and 4MW to its Houston 2 Data Center Campus | Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/data-foundry-to-add-27-000-square-feet-of-white-floor-space-and-4mw-to-its-houston-2-data-center-campus/)
- [Grand Opening Celebration for Data Foundry’s Houston 2 Data Center | Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/grand-opening-celebration-data-foundrys-houston-2-data-center/) — Data Foundry · 2015-10-07
- [Data Foundry Has Broken Ground!](https://www.datafoundry.com/houston-2-data-center-groundbreaking/)
- [Houston 2 Data Center - Open for Business](https://www.datafoundry.com/houston-2-data-center-open-for-business/)
- [Instanet Solutions Chooses Data Foundry's Forthcoming Houston 2 Data Center for Colocation | Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/newspress-releasesnewspress-releasesinstanet-solutions-chooses-data-foundrys-forthcoming-houston-2-data-center-colocation/)
- [Zayo Announces Plans to Extend Dark Fiber into Data Foundry's Houston 2 Data Center | Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/newspress-releaseszayo-announces-plans-extend-dark-fiber-data-foundrys-houston-2-data-center/)
- [Press Releases - Data Foundry](https://www.datafoundry.com/press-releases/page/2/?et_blog)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.datafoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/austin-risk-assessment.pdf)
- [Instructions](https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2006/08/07/6c._pr40038_update_rms_08092006_5.ppt)
- [660 Greens Pkwy, Houston, TX 77067](https://www.har.com/homedetail/660-greens-pkwy-houston-tx-77067/3539422)
- [Tax Rate Information](https://www.hctax.net/property/TaxRates.cshtml)
- [Data Foundry Celebrates the Expansion of its Houston 2 Data Center on January 23 – iMiller Public Relations](https://www.imillerpr.com/news/data-foundry-celebrates-the-expansion-of-its-houston-2-data-center-on-january-23/) — iMiller Public Relations · 2020-01-16
- [Decision: Data Foundry v. City Of Austin](https://www.law.com/almID/1618980635TX190475/)
- [660 Greens Pkwy, Houston, TX 77067 - APN/Parcel ID](https://www.loopnet.com/property/660-greens-pkwy-houston-tx-77067/48201-1153840010001/)
- [Green Datacenter | Data Center Services | Switch](https://www.switch.com/sustainability)
- [Switch Launches Fifth Prime Campus in Texas; Agrees to Acquire Data Foundry](https://www.switch.com/switch-launches-fifth-prime-campus-in-texas-agrees-to-acquire-data-foundry/)

## Data quality

- The exact asset is Houston 2 Data Center at 660 Greens Parkway, Houston, Texas; sources also use the alias Houston II and identify it as a Data Foundry facility.
- Exact-site evidence includes Data Foundry’s official project and press pages, a Data Center Dynamics report, Houston Business Journal reporting, and the 2020 expansion announcement. The evidence does not establish an exact-site petition, public hearing, organized opposition, or litigation.
- A Data Foundry lawsuit against the City of Austin was excluded because it concerns Austin electricity pricing rather than Houston 2. No unreported MW, water-use, PUE, tenant, equipment, or commercial terms are inferred.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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