Data Center Construction in Arlington, Texas

Edge and enterprise compute has to sit close to the people and institutions it serves, and in Arlington those are a 40,000-student university, a large hospital system, an automotive assembly plant and two major stadiums with event-day crowds. We build the buildings, yards and utility connections that keep that kind of load running: compact data halls, network rooms, generator and battery capacity, and the cooling to match.

The scale of local construction is already proven here. AT&T Stadium came in at about $1.3 billion and Globe Life Field at about $1.1 billion, according to the public record. Those venues demand redundant power, dense fiber and broadcast and ticketing systems that cannot fail on event day. A neighboring data hall or network operations room has the same expectations and a different set of risks, and we plan around both.

Arlington buyers rarely have large greenfield parcels. More often the question is how to fit a small mission-critical facility into an infill lot, a repurposed industrial building or the edge of an institutional campus. That is a planning problem as much as a construction one, and we begin there.

Infill work starts with the point of connection. We ask the utility where service of the right voltage is available, how far from the lot line, and whether the feeder has capacity at the requested load. Then we place the generator yard, the battery room and the cooling equipment around the realities of the lot: setbacks, easements, neighbors, screening requirements and truck turning radius.

For a hospital or university owner, the building often has to look like part of the campus. Our administration and security building work is an example of how we blend support space with the main facility. For network-focused projects, the network operations center page covers the control-room details, including ergonomic layout, redundant power and acoustic separation.

Arlington Municipal Airport is city-owned, sits entirely inside the city, and serves as a reliever field for the two major Dallas-area airports, and a rotorcraft manufacturer operates from it. Airfield proximity means airspace and height reviews for crane lifts and tall exhaust stacks, which we raise early in the schedule.

The city's largest employers include a hospital system and a public university alongside manufacturing and entertainment. Healthcare and higher education both depend on compute that cannot be offline, and both usually run mixed on-premises and hosted environments. Our enterprise and financial institutions page and our edge data center page describe how we design for that profile.

The Trinity River and Johnson Creek both cross Arlington. Parcels near either watercourse need floodplain review before we discuss finished-floor elevation. Our stormwater and detention team sizes outlets and basins for the extra impervious area that a generator pad and a paved yard add, and we coordinate with the city on discharge requirements.

Event days put heavy traffic on the roads around the stadium district. We schedule concrete placements, crane picks and oversized deliveries away from game and concert dates, and we agree haul routes with the city in advance. A pour that is held up by traffic can ruin a slab, so those dates are protected on the calendar from the first week.

An infill project has neighbors, often residential or institutional. We use dust control, noise limits on working hours, street cleaning and a posted contact number for complaints. If a hospital is next door, we ask its facility manager for restrictions on vibration and diesel exhaust near air intakes before we locate the generator yard or the haul route.

Inside the building, cleanliness starts before the first stud. Our construction cleanliness and safety plan sets protection zones, sticky mats, filtered temporary ventilation and a flush and clean-out step before equipment is energized.

Fixed costs dominate small projects. A service entrance, a medium-voltage switchgear lineup, a generator with its fuel storage, a cooling plant and a commissioning program all have a minimum size, so the cost per unit of load falls as the facility grows. We show those fixed items first in every edge estimate, then add the variable items that scale with rack count, so an owner can see where an extra increment of capacity is cheap and where it is not.

Land use is the second driver. An infill lot with a short route to the utility and no screening demands is far cheaper to develop than one that needs a long feeder extension, masonry screen walls and street improvements. Our electrical duct banks and service entrances scope prices the feeder route down to the manhole count, which is usually where infill budgets surprise people.

Many Arlington buyers also look at Grand Prairie and Fort Worth, where large parcels, different utilities and different aviation neighbors change the answer. We are glad to compare them side by side on the same assumptions, using the same escalation, the same power date and the same cooling approach, so that the decision turns on the sites rather than on the estimator.

If the load is likely to grow, we also look at how a first phase leaves room for a second. That means oversized conduit sleeves under the slab, a generator yard with a reserved pad, a cooling plant with space for a second chiller, and a switchgear room with a knockout wall. Spending a little on those provisions at the start is usually far cheaper than breaking into a running facility later.

Send us the address, the target load and the date you need service. We will respond with a layout concept, a utility questions list and a preliminary sequence.

Can a small data hall fit on an infill lot in Arlington?

Often yes, depending on the utility point of connection, setbacks and screening rules. We test the lot with a layout that places the generator, battery and cooling equipment first, then the hall. If the lot cannot hold the equipment, we say so before design fees are spent.

Does airport proximity limit construction?

It can. Arlington Municipal Airport is a reliever field inside the city, and cranes, tall stacks and exhaust plumes may trigger height or airspace reviews. We identify those triggers early and plan crane picks around them. Your design team can then adjust stack heights or equipment locations on paper.

How do you build near a hospital without disrupting it?

We agree on vibration, dust, noise and diesel exhaust limits with the hospital facility manager before mobilization. Haul routes avoid emergency entrances, and work that could affect air intakes is scheduled with their knowledge. A named contact on both sides handles issues the same day.

How do you manage schedule around stadium events?

We keep an events calendar in the master schedule and avoid concrete placements, crane lifts and oversized deliveries on high-traffic days. The calendar is reviewed weekly. If a delivery window is missed, we reschedule it rather than force a convoy through event traffic.

Why do edge projects cost more per unit of load than larger ones?

Utility, site and commissioning costs do not scale down in proportion to the load. Even a small hall still needs a service entrance, a generator, a cooling plant and a commissioning plan. We show those fixed costs separately in the estimate so owners can compare fairly.