QTS Data Centers plans to build a $220 million project near the AllianceTexas development, according to planning documents filed with the state. QTS already has an existing data center at the site, which is just east of Interstate 35W.
The two-story building will contain more than 471,000 square feet of space, according to details provided to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Construction is scheduled to start in March with a completion in early 2026.
The North Fort Worth data center is in the same area where Facebook operates its massive data center campus.
At the start of this year, another data center firm — St. Louis-based TierPoint LLC — acquired a 208,000-square-foot data center campus at 13701 Independence Parkway in the AllianceTexas development.
Kansas-based QTS operates data centers in more than a dozen states.
In 2014, QTS Realty expanded to North Texas with its purchase of a 700,000-square-foot property in Las Colinas. The building on Longhorn Drive previously housed a semiconductor plant. Last year, QTS filed plans for a $180 million expansion of its 50-acre Irving campus.
Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the largest data center markets in the country, and demand for new space is at a record high.
And the end of 2023, 1.4 million square feet of data center space was under construction in North Texas, Cushman and Wakefield estimates.
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