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Dallas-Ft. Worth

North America Data Center Trends H1 2024

August 19, 2024 4 Minute Read

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Colocation Insights

  • Preleasing hit a record-high 94.5% of MW under construction.
  • Strong preleasing and a shortage of available supply drove price increases across all requirements.
  • Demand by hyperscalers and AI providers remained strong.
  • Total inventory increased by 4.5% to 591.0 MW.

Market Trends

  • Inability to satisfy an unprecedented amount of power requests slowed construction delivery timelines.
  • Land prices continued to increase in South Dallas.

Notable Activity

  • Hyperscalers, developers and AI companies continued to show strong interest in Dallas.
  • Land inquiries and power requests to the local utility company continued to rise.

Figure 1: Historical Market Information

 
Source: CBRE Research, CBRE Data Center Solutions, H1 2024.

Figure 2: Historical Supply and Demand

 
Source: CBRE Research, CBRE Data Center Solutions, H1 2024.

Figure 3: % of Total Primary Market Inventory

 
Source: CBRE Research, CBRE Data Center Solutions, H1 2024.

Figure 4: Market Fuel Mix

 
Source: ERCOT.

Figure 5: Average Asking Rates

 
Source: CBRE Research, CBRE Data Center Solutions, H1 2024.

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    Continued preleasing activity kept vacancy rates historically low.

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    Austin/San Antonio

    August 19, 2024

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    The overall vacancy rate remained at a record-low 1.8%.

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    The overall vacancy rate fell to 14.4% in H1 2024 from 19.7% in H2 2023.

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