VPLS Evocative DAL6 — Plano Data Center

Evocative DAL6 is a data center operated by VPLS 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.

Status
Operational
Market
Dallas
City
Plano
State
TX
Country
US

Market intelligence

CAUTION

Data Center Power Index verdict for Plano — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

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…

Location

Area Plano, TX, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketPlano
Grid operatorERCOT
Data Center Power IndexCAUTION
Est. time to power34.6 months
LocationPlano, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Evocative DAL6 in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.

Cogent Communications, Inc.Enzu Inc.Evocative GlobalGTT Communications (AS3257)Innovative Scaling Technologies, Inc.LogicForge LimitedMegaport Global AccessParallax Services LLCPath Network, Inc.Shadow USUS DedicatedUnitas Global

Further networks are recorded at this location beyond those listed here.

Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 26 operating generating units totalling 6,072 MW within about 50 km of Plano, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas5,770 MW · 17 units · 95%
Utility-Scale Solar302 MW · 9 units · 5%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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