DataBank Plano campus (DFW3 and DFW8)
DataBank's two-building colocation campus in west Plano: the original DFW3 facility and a three-story, 40 MW DFW8 expansion attached to it. Also known as: DFW3, DFW8, Plano Data Center.
Who is behind it
The record, newest first
DataBank's Plano campus page lists DFW3 (12 MW, 72,230 IT sq ft) and DFW8 (40 MW, 126,000 IT sq ft) on a 16-acre campus. (DataBank, undated; DataBank, undated)
DataBank said DFW8 was in its final phase of construction. (Ground News (aggregating DataBank), July 1, 2025)
TDLR shows the finish-out of Data Hall 5 (23,800 sq ft) at 8375 Dominion Parkway as complete and closed. (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, undated)
DataBank reposted CoStar coverage of a planned $400 million, three-story, 40 MW building on 6 acres next to DFW3. (DataBank (reposting CoStar News), Dec. 15, 2023)
DataBank announced a 3 MW, 22,000 sq ft expansion of DFW3. (DataBank, Oct. 2, 2023)
TDLR shows a $7 million project adding four power rooms at DFW3 to feed future data halls; the project is closed. (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, March 22, 2022)
Conflicts and open questions
- iso_rto set to ERCOT because Plano is in the ERCOT region; no utility record was opened.
- The DFW8 construction-phase date comes from an aggregator (Ground News) summarizing DataBank.
The full record
- Status note
- DFW3 is operating. The DFW8 expansion was in its final construction phase in mid-2025, and the operator page does not clearly confirm it has opened.
- Power note
- Critical IT load per DataBank: DFW3 12 MW plus DFW8 40 MW. The same page shows a campus total of 54 MW.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)