Dallas Data Centers & Colocation
Dallas is a high-volume US colocation market when you need South-Central connectivity, abundant power capacity, and deliverable cabinet or cage capacity from a large provider pool. DatacenterHunter currently indexes 35 facilities from 7 providers in Dallas—the largest facility count among markets on this site. To rent space here, define your cabinets + committed IT kW + go-live date + must-have carriers/cloud on-ramps, then collect side-by-side proposals so you compare usable power and contract terms—not brochure MRCs.
What Dallas buyers typically procure
Dallas attracts enterprise production, oil and gas, healthcare, defense, and buyers who want a power-abundant, cost-competitive alternative to coastal hubs. With 35 facilities from 7 providers, the market offers genuine multi-provider competition. Treat "Dallas" as a procurement geography—verify the specific building and hall that can energize your kW on your date.
| Procurement lever | What to lock in writing |
|---|---|
| Space | Cabinets, cage, or suite; adjacent expansion rights |
| Power | Usable IT kW, max kW/rack, ready-for-service date, overage rules |
| Cooling | Hall density support (air vs higher-density options) |
| Interconnect | Carriers present, cloud on-ramps, cross-connect fees/lead times |
| SLA | Power/cooling measurement, exclusions, credits, incident RCA |
| Contract | Term, escalator, renewal, early exit, remote-hands rates |
How to shortlist Dallas facilities for an RFP
1. Freeze the commercial requirement
- Initial cabinets / U and 24-month growth
- Total IT kW and sustained kW per rack
- Redundancy expectation (what fails closed for your app, not a marketing Tier slogan)
- Hard interconnect requirements (named carriers, AWS/Azure/GCP-style on-ramps)
- Compliance evidence needed (SOC 2, ISO, PCI, HIPAA, FedRAMP, etc.)
- Contract target go-live with buffer for cross-connects and hardware
2. Qualify usable power and date first
Ask every Dallas bidder:
- Is quoted kW usable IT load in the named hall today, or contingent on utility/build milestones?
- What is the installed max sustained kW/rack with cooling already in place?
- Contractual ready-for-service date and remedies if it slips?
- How is overage billed?
3. Score interconnect like a line item
Dallas is a strong carrier market with multiple fiber paths and cloud on-ramp options. Confirm building-level (not metro-level) carrier diversity, meet-me practices, cloud on-ramp presence, and cross-connect MRC/NRC. With 35 facilities, cross-connect economics vary significantly between buildings—a lower space fee loses quickly if interconnect is slow or exclusive.
4. Normalize TCO across 3+ providers
Convert each proposal to $ / usable kW / month over the full term, including power method, cross-connects, remote hands, NRC/cage build, escalator, and renewal. Use the pricing calculator to structure assumptions, then replace estimates with live quotes.
Dallas pricing: how commercial quotes are built
Expect bids to combine space (per cabinet or cage footprint), power (reserved kW and/or metered usage—method matters), cross-connects (per connection to carriers or cloud), and remote hands (included vs hourly).
Dallas is among the more cost-competitive major US colocation markets due to power abundance and real estate economics. But your invoice follows your kW, hall, and cross-connect count—not a city average. Do not sign on a single unnormalized MRC. Run multi-provider pricing via /get-started.
SLA and contract terms Dallas renters should negotiate
Parallel negotiation with finalists preserves leverage. For complex paper, use /consult.
- Measurement method for power and environmental SLAs
- Maintenance exclusions and chronic-outage termination rights
- Escalator floor/cap and renewal pricing mechanic
- Expansion rights on adjacent kW at known commercial terms
- Remote-hands response times and after-hours rates
- Exit / de-install obligations and migration overlap
When Dallas is the right rent decision
When Dallas is not enough alone (finance-grade NY interconnect, NOVA cloud gravity, etc.), still bid Dallas as a primary or DR option—multi-market RFPs are normal. Dallas pairs well with Phoenix for Southwest DR diversity or Chicago for central-US redundancy.
- You need South-Central US latency/pathing or regional production
- You want cost-competitive pricing with abundant power capacity
- You want multi-provider competition across a large facility pool (35 facilities)
- Oil and gas, healthcare, or defense workloads need Texas jurisdiction or compliance
Buyer checklist before you request quotes
Then submit once at /get-started so providers answer the same commercial sheet.
- Cabinets + kW + density band
- Go-live window
- Must-have carriers / cloud on-ramps
- Compliance list
- Preferred term length
- Single-market vs multi-market bid
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Providers in Dallas
Facilities in Dallas
Centersquare
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Data Canopy
DataBank
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DataBank
DataBank
Digital Realty
Digital Realty
Digital Realty
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Digital Realty
Digital Realty
Digital Realty
Digital Realty
Digital Realty
Digital Realty
Digital Realty
Equinix
Equinix
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Equinix
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Equinix
Flexential
Flexential
TierPoint
Connectivity & Carrier Ecosystem
Available Carriers
Cloud On-Ramps
Pricing Considerations for Dallas
Colocation pricing in Dallas depends on several factors including power density, space requirements, connectivity needs, and contract length. Typical components of a colocation bill include:
Power
Billed per kW of reserved or actual usage
Space
Per cabinet or per square foot
Cross-connects
Per connection between carriers or providers
Remote Hands
Hourly rate for on-site technical support