Flexential is carving out 110 acres in Kaufman County for what it says will become its largest North Texas data center campus, putting a major new piece of digital infrastructure east of Dallas. The project arrives as developers race to find land, power and fiber in one of the country’s tightest data center markets.
The acquisition was first reported by CoStar, which identified Flexential as the buyer and Kaufman County as the site of the planned hub. The development is planned for Talty, southeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and will become Flexential’s fourth Dallas-area facility.
A Three-Building, 108-Megawatt Campus
In a Flexential release, the company said the first phase will include 375,000 square feet and 36 megawatts of capacity for wholesale and multi-tenant customers. Site work is expected to begin in early 2027, with the first customers targeted for late 2028.
The full 110-acre campus could eventually hold three 36-megawatt buildings, bringing the total planned capacity to 108 megawatts. Flexential’s existing Dallas facilities are in downtown Dallas, Plano and Richardson, making the Kaufman County project a sizable expansion rather than a replacement for its current local footprint.
The timing reflects just how little room is left in the region’s data center market. CBRE reported that DFW inventory reached 1,249.4 megawatts at the end of March, while 716.7 megawatts was under construction and 88% of that capacity was already preleased; vacancy had fallen to 1.8%.
Why Developers Keep Moving East Of Dallas
Cushman & Wakefield ranked Dallas the world’s top primary data center market for 2026, citing factors including power and land availability, construction activity and investment conditions. That combination is increasingly pushing large projects toward outer counties, where developers can assemble bigger parcels and plan infrastructure years ahead.
Flexential says the Kaufman County site has confirmed utility power and fiber access, while its planned design will use closed-loop cooling and target zero water usage effectiveness. The company also says utility power will be ramped up in phases to limit potential strain on the local grid, although those environmental and infrastructure benefits remain projections until the project is built and operating.
The company’s Dallas data center page now lists Dallas-Talty alongside its downtown, Plano and Richardson locations. No customer names, purchase price or specific street address were disclosed in the announcement, leaving the next major milestones likely to be site work, utility coordination and local permitting.
