ColoCrossing: DFW1 - Dallas Data Center
About DFW1 - Dallas Data Center
DFW1 – Dallas Data Center (operated by ColoCrossing) is located at 3004 Irving Boulevard, Dallas, Texas. This facility anchors ColoCrossing’s Texas presence, offering robust colocation and interconnection infrastructure in one of the U.S.’s major data center hubs. Dallas is a critical network crossroads in the U.S., serving as a geographic and connectivity bridge between East and West. DFW1 benefits from Dallas’s role as a major fiber, interconnect, and data traffic aggregation point.
⚙️ Facility Highlights
- Utility power capacity: 11.1 MW feed
- Diesel generator backup: 6 × 2 MW units (totaling ~12 MW)
- HVAC / cooling: fully redundant HVAC system with roof-mounted condensers (Leibert brand)
- Raised floor colocation space: ~64,000 sq ft of raised floor area (out of total ~68,000 sq ft)
- Total facility footprint: ~68,000 sq ft
- 100% redundant power and cooling infrastructure
- Support services: 24/7 on-site engineers and Remote Hands support
- Meet-Me-Room and carrier-class routing features are available at this site
🔐 Security & Compliance
- Access control: biometric + card access security controls
- Electronic monitoring: 24/7 monitored security and environmental systems
- Engineers and operational staff are on-site continually for maintenance and security oversight
- Certification: SSAE-16 (Type 1) for this facility
🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access
- Carrier-neutral facility: supports multiple providers including Zayo and TierPoint on-net
- Diverse-path fiber ring: enabling redundant connectivity paths to ColoCrossing’s backbone
- Network capacity: up to 100 Gbps of network throughput supported
- Meet-Me Room present for cross-connects between carriers and clients
- Infrastructure supports high-density connectivity and interconnection with ColoCrossing’s backbone, especially tuned for Latin America traffic
💼 Who It Serves
- Enterprises and cloud / SaaS providers requiring scalable colocation in the Dallas / Texas region
- Network operators, ISPs, and carriers looking for interconnection and backbone access in a major U.S. metro
- Content delivery, media, and streaming providers needing transit and peering flexibility
- Workloads needing low-latency east-west and north-south U.S. routing
- Customers whose infrastructure requires high availability, redundancy, and carrier diversity
Features
Power Density
ColoCrossing's Dallas data center is capable of supporting high density applications with fully redundant power.
Certifications
ColoCrossing's data center operation in Dallas is SSAE 16 certified
Cooling
Fully Redundant HVAC System with roof-mounted condensers and Leibert brand equipment
Security
24/7/365 electronic monitoring, secure entry and exit.