Digital Realty Dallas DFW28
850 East Collins Boulevard · Richardson, Dallas County, TX
Source: OpenStreetMap
Digital Realty Dallas DFW28 is a mapped data center in Dallas County, TX, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 122,015 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkDFW28 is a colocation data center in Richardson, Dallas County, Texas, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. The site is mapped, with a reported footprint of 122,015 square feet. Available records do not name an ownership chain above Digital Realty Trust.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- Files asDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- This facilityDigital Realty Dallas DFW28
In the news
source: Google News- News | AI data center demand prompts national developer to add leaderCoStar· Mar 20, 2026
- News | Digital Realty to expand Dallas-area data center capacity with land dealCoStar· Nov 14, 2024
- Digital Realty to Build Mega-Data Center in RagingWire’s Texas BackyardData Center Knowledge· Jun 1, 2024
- Digital Realty to Develop Dallas Data Center ParkData Center Knowledge· May 31, 2024
- Digital Realty Buys Two More Data CentersData Center Knowledge· May 31, 2024
- Digital Realty Leases First Dallas BuildingData Center Knowledge· May 30, 2024
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77These tax breaks are recorded to Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2014 · term — yr · source
Texas reported $16.1M in Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption (Texas Tax Code § 151.3595) for FY2025 (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Dallas-Fort Worth), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Winfree Academy Charter School (richardson) in Richardson, is 0.6 mi from this site (136 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.