Compass Showcases 2.6 Million-Square-Foot Texas Data Campus as AI Boom Fuels 900 Jobs
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 19
Compass Showcases 2.6 Million-Square-Foot Texas Data Campus as AI Boom Fuels 900 Jobs
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 19
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Six security layers and three months of approvals guarded Fox News Digital’s tour of Compass Datacenters’ Red Oak campus, underscoring how operators are hardening sites that house sensitive computing infrastructure.
Compass CEO Chris Crosby said the campus’s closed-loop cooling system has used no water since opening, a key selling point in drought-prone North Texas as AI-driven data center demand accelerates.
The Red Oak site, about 20 miles south of Dallas, is planned for 10 buildings totaling 2.6 million square feet and already includes a Schneider Electric factory and a Texas State Technical College training center.
Roughly 600 Compass employees and 300 Schneider workers are based there, while a $12.6 million workforce program aims to fill more electrician, mechanic and technician roles amid heavy demand for skilled trades.
Compass says it has also invested in roads, sewer and a $15 million animal shelter donation, as Texas weighs how to absorb surging data-center power demand without straining the grid.