Power availability in Red Oak: DCPI verdict BUILD, composite score 60.3 of 100, as of 2026-10-20. Source: DC Hub.
Data Center Market Deep-Dive · 345 words · generated 2026-10-19 from live DC Hub data · DCPI live as of 2026-10-20
This analysis was written on 2026-10-19, when the Data Center Power Index for this market read 60.5. The index is recomputed through the day and reads 60.3 now — the figure above is the live one, and the narrative below describes the market as it stood when it was written.
Red Oak has 750 MW under construction among the verified sites DC Hub lists that report capacity, as of 2026-10-20. By listed capacity the largest operators are DataBank (500 MW) and Compass Datacenters (250 MW).
| Status | MW |
|---|---|
| Under construction | 750 |
| Total listed | 750 |
| Operator | Under construction MW | Planned MW |
|---|---|---|
| DataBank | 500 | |
| Compass Datacenters | 250 |
Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), facility records as of 2026-10-20. Verified sites that report MW only; blank means no MW reported. The Total MW tile above is a wider measure (every tracked site that reports MW, any status, unverified directory listings included), so it is larger than Total listed.
DC Hub does not hold a lease-rate figure for this market yet.
Red Oak's data center market comprises 865 MW across tracked facilities, anchored by Compass operating three separate entities that collectively represent the largest footprint in the market. This combination places Red Oak squarely within Texas's competitive regional hub ecosystem, where neighboring markets have drawn major institutional capital and hyperscale operators seeking sites with viable power economics.
The DCPI verdict of BUILD carries direct implications for acquisition-focused investors evaluating Red Oak. For operators and capital seeking greenfield or acquisition opportunities, Red Oak offers better power supply flexibility than constrained peer markets, but entry timing remains critical to securing interconnection queue priority.
Operator concentration within the Compass ecosystem—four facilities under Compass-branded entities against eight total facilities—indicates consolidation potential and suggests a fragmented competitive set. The presence of DataBank as a secondary player introduces multi-operator dynamics typical of secondary Texas markets. Notably, tracked M&A activity in Red Oak itself remains absent, a pattern consistent with broader Dallas–Fort Worth dormancy despite major capital deployment immediately adjacent in the region. The $1.45 billion DataBank investment in Red Oak establishes institutional conviction, while broader Texas data center momentum—including Meta's Temple operations and BlackRock's $12 billion financing activity—reinforces regional demand tailwinds that should flow downstream into secondary markets like Red Oak.
As AI workload localization and Texas grid capacity investments accelerate through 2026–2027, Red Oak's combination of available power supply and moderate constraint headroom positions it as an acquisition and development target for mid-market operators seeking exposure to the Texas market without the pricing and queue pressure facing primary metros.
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataBank Red Oak Mega Campus | DataBank | Under Construction | 500 |
| Compass Red Oak Campus (Dallas) | Compass Datacenters | Under Construction | 250 |
| Compass Data Center | Compass | Operational |
Largest first by reported MW (blank where not reported). Unverified directory listings are not shown.
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