US property development firm Oppidan has filed to build a data center in El Paso, Texas.
Comcast has also filed to build a data center in Texas, outside Houston.
5MW data center coming to El Paso
Property development firm Oppidan has filed with the Texas Department for Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) for the Oppidan 5MW Data Center in El Paso, Texas.
The filing is for the ground-up construction of a 61,555 sq ft (5,720 sqm) 5MW data center on a green field site at 9879 North Loop Drive, in El Paso County
The $27.1 million project is due to run from January 2025 to January 2026.
The site is currently undeveloped. Hunt Eastlake Industrial, LLC filed to rezone the land to industrial in 2022.
Minnesota-based Oppidan is a property development firm. Its data center clients in the past have reportedly included Oracle, several unnamed telcos, Bell Canada brand Bell Alliant, and Sabey Corp.
It has been involved with projects in Memphis, Tennessee; an AWS project in California; and in 2022 acquired four plots in Santa Clara alongside Harrison Street that will be developed into a 50MW data center.
Comcast builds in Willis
Comcast is planning to develop a data center outside Houston.
In a TDLR filing, the company said it aims to develop the Willis Data Center at 606 TX-75 in Willis, Montgomery County.
The $7.5 million project is described as a new construction of a 5,200 sq ft (485 sqm) data center. The site is currently undeveloped.
Development is set to run from November 2024 to February 2026.
