Serverfarm HOU1 and HOU2 – AI Campuses for Near Term Capacity and Phased Development of Scale Out Sustainable Data Centers

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Serverfarm's HOU1 data center.

Serverfarm’s development of 500MWs of potential data center capacity for the underserved Houston, TX market is a growth strategy for the market requiring a scale change.

Serverfarm combines proven development success with the financial and technical capabilities to build hyperscale AI facilities across multiple campuses in direct response to hyperscale operator and AI workload demands for 100s of MWs of near-term capacity.

The phased development plan for Serverfarm’s HOU1 and HOU2 campuses – across a combined total of 250 acres – begins with maximizing capacity within the existing data center building shells. Secured power access to unused grid capacity will fully energize two existing buildings prior to future expansion of the sites.

This strategy builds on Serverfarm’s pedigree for embodied carbon saving through modernization of properties. The facilities are equipped with high efficiency and sustainable power generation, and energy storage infrastructure with the latest air and liquid cooling technologies to match the GPU rack density power demands of today and the future.

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Serverfarm's HOU2 facility in Houston.

All Serverfarm investments are a combination of digital, and energy infrastructure development for the economic growth of communities, municipalities and regions. Serverfarm’s investments attract global cloud companies to locations for the build out of cloud regions, AI proximity zones, and to provide the infrastructure needed to serve local technology firms driving digital economy growth.

Serverfarm is committed to the substantial growth and use of Serverfarm’s HOU1 and HOU2 properties to help the Texas renewable grid align with customer sustainability objectives at operating price points that are attractive to hyperscale data center companies. The phased 500MW development plan across both sites can catalyze investment in local clean energy generation and distribution.   

The potential to build out of 500MWs of digital infrastructure close to the middle of a major metro economic center is extremely rare.

As with every Serverfarm investment to date, customer demand is driving the strategy. Houston is a market with limited data center inventory of just 179MW according to CBRE’s H124 report.

https://www.cbre.com/insights/reports/north-america-data-center-trends-h1-2024

The Houston market aligns with Serverfarm’s historical environmental and economic strategy view of investing in locations that provide attractive growth opportunities. It is committed to the upgrade and refit of 850,000 sq ft of existing buildings and the development of the combined 250 acres into modern data center campuses.

HOU1 and HOU2 are attracting intense hyperscale and local customer interest. 

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