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To my knowledge DFW has multiple data centers, Facebook @ Ft.Worth being most famous among them. Not sure, if Toyota already built their Datacenter in Plano.

brightball 9y ago
I've always thought the Rackspace data center there was more well known.
- ericabiz 9y ago
  Rackspace HQ is is in a former shopping mall outside of San Antonio. Definitely a cool place to tour if you ever get the chance. You can still see where the "stores" were (they're now employee workspaces.)
  - msisk6 9y ago
    Less cool place to work. Very, very noisy. Steps were taken to reduce the noise level but it wasn't enough.
- blunte 9y ago
  Rackspace may be "the original" datacenter for Texas. At least, they're the original data center for the internet age.
DiabloD3 9y ago
Digital Realty and Equinix both have multiple huge datacenters, the Informart[1] houses several gigantic datacenters inside of one building (it's mind boggling how utterly big it is), Internap has an absolutely gigantic facility there, Rackspace has I think their biggest facility here, and then there's a smattering of smaller datacenters (in and out of the Infomart) owned by every major player. There's so much space here that most companies have only recently started chasing after highly dense stuff (like 60+ drive arrays in 4U, hyper-dense blades, etc) because there just is no need to. And as a side note, Texas now operates the largest number of wind turbines (by MW) and I think per capita as well. Texas now generates so much power that they regularly sell it to nearby states because the whole "long term storage" problem hasn't been solved at the scale Texas needs it to be... Which means not only is datacenter space plentiful, the power is often less expensive than it is in other markets. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infomart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infomart
sjm-lbm 9y ago
There are several data centers that are being built around the Toyota facility in Plano, but none are branded as Toyota data centers - I'm assuming that's what you mean. They aren't online yet. I'd also add that Softlayer is based in Dallas, and operates several data centers throughout the DFW area.
- unexpected 9y ago
  The T5 Data center near Toyota is operational, but they keep building to expand it. The space is HUGE!
edwhitesell 9y ago
Northeast of Dallas, I know of at least 2 being built, and I suspect at least 3 others. I'm sure there are many, many more. RagingWire is possibly the largest single company building a single campus/facility at the moment[0], and only about 2 miles from my house. It's quite impressive when you drive by and see the utterly massive power substation they built across the street too. While the Telecom Corridor[1] name is somewhat dated, it's still growing. [0]: http://www.ragingwire.com/wholesale/wholesale-data-center-dallas-texas-tx1 http://www.ragingwire.com/wholesale/wholesale-data-center-da... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecom_Corridor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecom_Corridor edit: formatting

brightball 9y ago

I've always thought the Rackspace data center there was more well known.

ericabiz 9y ago
Rackspace HQ is is in a former shopping mall outside of San Antonio. Definitely a cool place to tour if you ever get the chance. You can still see where the "stores" were (they're now employee workspaces.)
- msisk6 9y ago
  Less cool place to work. Very, very noisy. Steps were taken to reduce the noise level but it wasn't enough.
blunte 9y ago
Rackspace may be "the original" datacenter for Texas. At least, they're the original data center for the internet age.

DiabloD3 9y ago

Digital Realty and Equinix both have multiple huge datacenters, the Informart[1] houses several gigantic datacenters inside of one building (it's mind boggling how utterly big it is), Internap has an absolutely gigantic facility there, Rackspace has I think their biggest facility here, and then there's a smattering of smaller datacenters (in and out of the Infomart) owned by every major player. There's so much space here that most companies have only recently started chasing after highly dense stuff (like 60+ drive arrays in 4U, hyper-dense blades, etc) because there just is no need to. And as a side note, Texas now operates the largest number of wind turbines (by MW) and I think per capita as well. Texas now generates so much power that they regularly sell it to nearby states because the whole "long term storage" problem hasn't been solved at the scale Texas needs it to be... Which means not only is datacenter space plentiful, the power is often less expensive than it is in other markets. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infomart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infomart

sjm-lbm 9y ago

There are several data centers that are being built around the Toyota facility in Plano, but none are branded as Toyota data centers - I'm assuming that's what you mean. They aren't online yet. I'd also add that Softlayer is based in Dallas, and operates several data centers throughout the DFW area.

unexpected 9y ago
The T5 Data center near Toyota is operational, but they keep building to expand it. The space is HUGE!

edwhitesell 9y ago

Northeast of Dallas, I know of at least 2 being built, and I suspect at least 3 others. I'm sure there are many, many more. RagingWire is possibly the largest single company building a single campus/facility at the moment[0], and only about 2 miles from my house. It's quite impressive when you drive by and see the utterly massive power substation they built across the street too. While the Telecom Corridor[1] name is somewhat dated, it's still growing. [0]: http://www.ragingwire.com/wholesale/wholesale-data-center-dallas-texas-tx1 http://www.ragingwire.com/wholesale/wholesale-data-center-da... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecom_Corridor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecom_Corridor edit: formatting