Vantage Develops $25B Data Center in Texas

Vantage Data Centers is developing Frontier, a 1.4-gigawatt data center campus spanning 1,200 acres outside Abilene, Texas. The $25 billion project marks the firm’s largest data center investment to date.

At full build-out, Frontier will include 10 facilities totaling 3.7 million square feet, with ultra high-density racks of more than 250 kilowatts, making it the largest campus in the firm’s portfolio. The first building is slated for delivery in the second half of 2026.

The campus is rising approximately 125 miles from Dallas-Fort Worth outside Abilene, Texas, as reported by Data Center Dynamics. The area is also home to another data center project currently underway, a 1.2-gigawatt campus developed by Crusoe in partnership with Blue Owl and Primary Digital Infrastructure.

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The project will bring the area more than 5,000 jobs. The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, said in prepared remarks that Frontier will also help maintain the state as a national leader in this growing sector.

Indeed, Texas has become a stronghold for data center development. Earlier this month, Apollo purchased a majority stake in Stream Data Centers and will continue investing in data center infrastructure in Dallas, as well as Atlanta and Chicago.

Sustainable design

The campus will feature N+1 redundancy across all electrical systems and power densities up to 1.4 kilowatts per square foot. Amenities are to include conference rooms and meeting spaces, as well as customizable workspaces.

Vantage is using its “sustainable by design” blueprint at Frontier, to ensure the project enhances sustainability and protects the surrounding area. The property will be using liquid cooling to support next-generation GPU loads. However, the project will also preserve local water resources by using a closed-loop chiller system. Frontier is targeting LEED certification.

Vantage’s recent multibillion-dollar investments

While this AI-driven data center campus is Vantage’s largest project so far, the company has invested billions of dollars in similar developments across the nation.

In June, the company received $5 billion for a campus in New Albany, Ohio. The project focuses on low water use, limiting greenhouse gas emissions and Power Usage Effectiveness. The first building is expected to open later this year.

In July, the company launched a 224 MW data center campus in Storey County, Nev. NV1 will span 1 million square feet across four facilities. The $3 billion project represents Vantage’s first venture in northern Nevada, with the first building expected to come online in the second quarter of 2026.