DataBank DFW3 is a data center operated by DataBank in Plano, TX, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 12.0 MW and 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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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…
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