Centrally located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the campus has single-story purpose-built data centers and a two-story attached administrative building on a fiber-linked campus. The data center campus is located just 6 miles from Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW) and 14 miles from Dallas Love Field Airport.
Cyxtera's DFW1 site in Dallas was acquired via a $2.8 billion transaction to acquire 57 datacenters from CenturyLink. The transaction which closed in May 2017 created Cyxtera Technologies.
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| Site | Power (MW) | SqFt |
|---|---|---|
| DFW1-A | 20 MW | 153,700 |
| DFW1-B and DFW1-C | 18 MW |
| Distance | Site name | SqFt | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.61 miles | QTS Irving | 292,000 | 31.50 |
| 5.67 miles | QTS Irving DC3 | ||
| 7.46 miles | Equinix Dallas DA9 | 2.00 | |
| 7.66 miles | Rackspace Grapevine DFW1 | 56,179 | 6.98 |
| 9.11 miles | Level3 (was TWTC) Dallas | ||
| 9.43 miles | Carrier-1 | 60,000 | 8.50 |
| 9.43 miles | Sungard (DAL-3001) | 33,000 | |
| 9.46 miles | Fiberhub DFW1 | ||
| 9.73 miles | 8435 Stemmons - Digital Realty | 38,401 | 2.50 |
| 9.74 miles | DataBank DFW4 Empire Central | 35,000 | 5.00 |
May 05, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Cyxtera Technologies
A shaky US colocation provider has settled its debts with creditors. The business must find a buyer or investor to continue funding or go bankrupt and cede control to its owners. The company obtained $50 million in new funding from lenders holding over two-thirds of its existing term loan to s...
Mar 02, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Cyxtera Technologies
To assist clients with infrastructure deployment more swiftly, Cyxtera and Dell Technologies have collaborated. Dell's infrastructure will be delivered by Cyxtera, a supplier of data center colocation and interconnection services, and its colocation and network technologies. The companies will...
Feb 02, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Dallas
Following a bankruptcy filing, a recently converted data center is for auction. This week, Hilco Real Estate declared March 23, 2023, as the deadline for qualifying bids for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale of a newly converted flex industrial facility into a data center. Built in 2018 on a 13.7...
Nov 21, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Cyxtera Technologies
Cyxtera has announced that it will be pushing its intention to become a real estate investment trust (REIT) back to a later date. Earlier in September, the colocation firm announced its plan to adopt a REIT status for tax purposes. The initial plan was to complete the conversion by 1st January...
Sep 28, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Cyxtera Technologies
Cyxtera has announced that it is adopting a real estate investment trust (REIT) status. This move provides better tax status while making steady and consistent dividends available for its shareholders. However, the company needs to make most of its revenue from income-producing real estate. Th...
