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Google has filed to construct a new data center building at its campus at the RailPort Business Park in Midlothian outside Dallas, Texas. The company plans for ‘Sharka Data Center - Building 4’ at 3441 Railport Parkway in Midlothian, Ellis County.
Google first built a data center in the Midlothian area of DFW in 2019 through its Alamo Mission LLC shell company under the project name Sharka. After originally buying 375 acres, the company later acquired another 165-acre tract for further development.
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| 0.81 miles | Google Midlothian TX |
Google purchased 375 acres in the Railport Business Park in May 2017 and in July 2018 received Ellis County approval on a 10 year tax abatement agreement between the county and Google. The land was acquired under the entity Sharka LLC.
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| 7.24 miles | Aligned: DFW-03 |
Aligned Data Centers plans to construct a large data center building on 44 acres on the west side of North Star Road. The two-story building will total more than 450,000 square feet. A new electrical substation is also planned on the site.
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| 16.19 miles | Mapletree: 5000 South Bowen | |
| 16.23 miles | Compass Red Oak Campus |
Located in south of the Metro, Compass’ second metro campus can expand to more than 155 acres and 262 MW of power.
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| 16.41 miles | Google Red Oak TX |
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| 16.50 miles | Compass: Red Oak I | |
| 16.56 miles | Compass Red Oak DFW III-II | |
| 19.43 miles | Skybox: PowerCampus Dallas |
The Skybox PowerCampus is Located at Oncor’s deregulated power territory, Lancaster, TX. PowerCampus™ Dallas will strategically address emerging high-density compute needs in the Dallas area providing up to 300 MWs of power
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In 2017, Google announced a commitment to power the company and its data centers entirely on renewable energy. In 2018, Google reached the 100% of their goal.
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