Aligned DFW-02 is a data center operated by Aligned in Plano, TX, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Plano data-center market on the ERCOT grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 34.6-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
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Data Center Power Index verdict for Plano — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Plano — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Plano's data center footprint stands at 814 MW across 32 tracked facilities, positioning it as a material but constrained secondary market within the Dallas–Fort Worth corridor. The market is dominated by Aligned, which operates 8 facilities, followed by Aligned Data Centers 3, DataBank 3, and CoreWeave 2, indicating concentration among hyperscaler-focused operators. The absence of recent M&A activity in Plano proper, despite significant regional deal momentum in Dallas and emerging megasite development like Mara's 1,200-acre, 2GW Texas acquisition, suggests Plano remains in a consolidation lull rather than an acquisition hotbed. The DCPI verdict of CAUTION reflects a genuine operational tension: Plano scores 65/100 on excess power, indicating reasonable capacity headroom, but constraint scores only 51/100, signaling real transmission, cooling, or interconnection bottlenecks that will…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 22 operating generating units totalling 4,490 MW within about 50 km of Plano, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
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