Data centers in the Houston market
The Houston market, as defined here, takes in every listed facility within 50 km of Houston: 36 data centers in 5 towns and cities, led by Houston (27), Katy (3), Arcola (1) and Spring (1). That is 1% of the listings in the United States, the 15th largest of 22 markets there.
The operators with the most listings are CyrusOne (7), DataBank (4) and DXC Technology (3), out of 13 named operators.
The three operators with the most listings hold 39% of them; 8 of the 13 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 136 MW of IT load across 5 buildings and 8 MW of utility power across 1 building; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. Listings not yet in operation: 1 under construction. Among them: Element Critical Houston Two. 1 listing is reported closed.
About the Houston market
The directory lists 36 data centers in the Houston market, 42nd among the 64 markets it covers and 1 percent of all listings in the United States. They are run by 13 operators in 5 towns and cities, and the listings concentrate heavily in the city itself: Houston holds 27 of them, 75 percent of the market, followed by Katy with 3. Arcola, Spring and The Woodlands have one each.
CyrusOne has the most listings, 7, followed by DataBank with 4, DXC Technology with 3, and Element Critical and Serverfarm with 2 each. Colocation sites account for 22 of the records.
Capacity is published in two measures that should not be added together. Of the 5 buildings with a published IT load, the largest is Serverfarm's CTX1 site in Houston at 100 MW, ahead of DataBank's Westway Park I at 15.6 MW. Only 1 building publishes a utility supply: Digital Realty IAH10 at 8 MW. By floor area, Serverfarm HTX1 is the largest listed building, at 350,000 square feet, ahead of Serverfarm's CTX1 site at 214,446.
One listed facility, Houston Two in Katy, is under construction, and 1 is recorded as closed.
35 of 36 facilities have coordinates.
Towns and cities
Houston (27) · Katy (3) · Arcola (1) · Spring (1) · The Woodlands (1)
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| CyrusOne | 7 |
| DataBank | 4 |
| DXC Technology | 3 |
| Element Critical | 2 |
| Serverfarm | 2 |
| Digital Realty | 1 |
| EdgeConneX | 1 |
| Equinix | 1 |
| Lumen | 1 |
| STACK Infrastructure | 1 |
| Skybox | 1 |
| Stream Data Centers | 1 |
| Switch | 1 |
Largest data centers in the Houston market by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of IT load |
|---|---|---|
| Serverfarm CTX1 – Houston Data Center (CTX2) | Serverfarm | 100 |
| DataBank Westway Park I Data Center (HOU1) | DataBank | 15.6 |
| DataBank Westway Park II Data Center (HOU2) | DataBank | 9 |
| DataBank Westway Park III Data Center (HOU3) | DataBank | 6.5 |
| DataBank Houston Galleria Data Center (HOU5) | DataBank | 5.25 |
Top 10 of 5 buildings that publish their IT load in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Planned and new data centers in the Houston market
| Facility | Operator | Status | Planned opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Element Critical Houston Two | Element Critical | Under construction | not recorded |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Serverfarm HTX1 – Houston Data Center | Serverfarm | 350,000 |
| Serverfarm CTX1 – Houston Data Center (CTX2) | Serverfarm | 214,446 |
| Digital Realty IAH10 | Digital Realty | 205,500 |
| Element Critical Houston Two | Element Critical | 150,000 |
| Element Critical Houston One | Element Critical | 118,248 |
| DataBank Westway Park I Data Center (HOU1) | DataBank | 110,190 |
| EdgeConneX Houston, TX | EdgeConneX | 91,400 |
| DataBank Westway Park II Data Center (HOU2) | DataBank | 79,520 |
| Equinix Houston HO1 | Equinix | 76,607 |
| DataBank Houston Galleria Data Center (HOU5) | DataBank | 64,400 |
| DataBank Westway Park III Data Center (HOU3) | DataBank | 41,860 |
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