Explore Vantage’s New US$25bn AI Data Centre Campus in Texas
Vantage Data Centers, a DigitalBridge and Silver Lake-backed company, has unveiled plans for its most ambitious project to date, announcing a US$25bn hyperscale data centre campus in Shackelford County, Texas.
The site, named Frontier, will span 1,200 acres and deliver 1.4 GW of capacity across 10 facilities covering 3.7 million square feet.
Construction is already underway, with the first data centre scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2026.
The scale of the development highlights the accelerating demand for AI infrastructure, with Texas emerging as a strategic hub for hyperscale growth.
Technical design for AI workloads
Dana Adams, President of North America at Vantage Data Centers, describes the project as a turning point for the company.
“Texas has become a critical and strategic market for AI providers,” she says.
“In particular, the launch of our Frontier campus with 1.4 GW of GPU compute capacity marks a watershed moment for Vantage as we deliver on our promise to meet the unprecedented requirements of our customers.”
The campus is designed to host ultra high-density racks exceeding 250kW, far beyond traditional configurations.
To handle the heat generated by next-generation GPUs, the site will employ liquid cooling systems throughout.
This technical focus reflects how AI workloads are reshaping data centre architecture, where air cooling alone is no longer sufficient.
Sustainable by design
Vantage has also emphasised sustainability in the project’s design. Frontier will feature a closed-loop chiller system that requires minimal water, a measure expected to save billions of gallons annually compared with traditional cooling methods.
The company is targeting LEED certification for the site, presenting it as a “sustainable by design” development.
This commitment addresses growing concerns over the environmental footprint of large-scale data centres, particularly in areas where water resources are under pressure.
Economic and regional impact
The economic contribution of the project is expected to be substantial, with more than 5,000 jobs anticipated across construction and operations.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott welcomes the investment: “Everything is bigger in Texas and that includes innovation and technology,” he says.
“Vantage Data Centers’ US$25bn investment to build a new data centre campus will help create thousands of good-paying jobs for Texans and bring revenue to the local and state economies.”
For Shackelford County, the project carries additional symbolic weight. On the decision to name the site Frontier, Judge John Viertel remarks: “Frontier is an apt name for the Vantage Data Centers’ campus and a palpable recognition of the history and mindset still present in our region and particularly Shackelford County.”
Financial backing from DigitalBridge and Silver Lake
The mega-campus will be supported by significant investment from DigitalBridge Group, a global alternative asset manager focused on digital infrastructure investments, and Silver Lake, a worldwide leader in technology investing.
Jon Mauck, Senior Managing Director and Head of Data Centers at DigitalBridge, describes the project as a milestone: “Frontier represents an important milestone for Vantage Data Centers and for the broader digital infrastructure ecosystem.”
Marc Ganzi, CEO of DigitalBridge, places the initiative within a wider industry context: “At DigitalBridge, we see power and scale as the defining challenges of the AI era,” she says.
“Vantage's Frontier campus is a direct response to those needs and reflects the playbook we’ve built over the last three decades of investing in data centres and digital infrastructure.”
Silver Lake is also supporting Vantage’s investment in the mega campus and in 2024 co-led a US$9.2bn equity investment in Vantage alongside DigitalBridge. Silver Lake was a founding investor in Vantage in 2010, helping it grow into the then-largest wholesale data centre footprint in Silicon Valley, serving leading technology companies.
Shaping the next generation of AI infrastructure
With a planned capacity of 1.4 GW, Frontier is positioned among the largest single-site data centre developments worldwide.
The location in Texas leverages the state’s favourable regulatory environment and abundant energy resources, aligning with the broader requirements of AI providers for both scale and efficiency.
Beyond its physical footprint, Vantage has committed to regional development initiatives, including partnerships with educational institutions and scholarship programmes for local students.
The Frontier campus signals the intensifying scale of investment required to support AI workloads and underscores the central role that Texas is playing in the evolution of global data centre infrastructure.
