The cloud has a street address. For a proposed Garland data center, that address is 1602 Ferris Road. A newly registered project calls for a roughly 672,000-square-foot building with an estimated construction cost of $300 million.
Known as DFW45, the building appears in the Digital Garland Campus filing. Its scale makes it a substantial local development story. It also offers a chance to look inside the infrastructure that makes modern digital services possible.
Garland Data Center: The Cloud Has a Street Address
Cloud services still rely on physical computers. Data centers house the servers, storage equipment and network connections that let businesses run applications and move information. Behind an online service sits real equipment in a real building.
Those buildings need more than room for computers. Power, cooling and connectivity help keep equipment running. Digital Realty provides data center space and interconnection services, including options ranging from individual racks to private suites.
For readers following the Garland data center project, that helps explain the term “suite.” Here, it refers to space for computing equipment. The DFW45 scope calls for ten suites rated at 8 megawatts each, with an ultimate capacity of 80 megawatts.
A Bigger Picture Along Ferris Road
Ferris Road already appears in earlier Digital Garland Campus records. A separate DFW40 registration identifies a building at 1512 Ferris Road and names Digital Realty as its owner. That record lists HED as the design firm.
The new DFW45 record lists Digital Garland 2C, L.P. as owner and HED as designer. The shared campus name and design firm provide context, while the different facility names and addresses distinguish the filings.
That distinction matters: today’s registration adds details about DFW45. It does not establish that the entire campus is newly announced. The individual filings also should not be added together as a confirmed total campus budget.
What the Garland Data Center Plans Tell Us
Along with the data suites, the scope includes office space for DLR and tenants, loading and unloading areas, and building storage. Those support spaces help explain why a data center contains more than rows of server racks.
The planned 80-megawatt capacity describes the project’s scale. It does not establish its actual electricity consumption. The registration does not detail a cooling system, water demand or permanent staffing levels.
It also does not identify a customer. The tenant field reads “Not Assigned,” so the record does not support naming a particular technology company as an occupant.
DFW45 Construction Details
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registration was filed September 8, 2026, under project number TABS2027000488. It describes privately funded new construction at 1602 Ferris Road in Garland, Dallas County.
The filing lists an estimated cost of $300 million, approximately 672,000 square feet, and a construction schedule of June 1, 2026, through January 1, 2029.
Because the listed start predates registration, that date alone does not confirm construction is underway. The schedule and cost are estimates. For now, the Garland data center filing gives residents a concrete address and a clearer picture of the proposed building.
Featured image: AI-generated recreation of the Ferris Road 1600-block street sign.