Dallas area sees surging demand for data centers among other big markets

The Dallas data center market is drawing more interest, keeping it among the top players in the country, even as tenants get more of the upper hand.
The local region is basically on pace to meet – yet again – its longer-term pattern of demand this year, according to Haynes Strader Jr., senior associate with CBRE Data Center Solutions. Net absorption, or the net change in existing and commissioned wholesale power capacity, was a healthy 19 megawatts during the first half of the year,