HOU · Market 01 of 25 · Central · Data checked 2026-10-20
Houston Colocation & High-Density kW Counter-Quote Desk
Send your power, space and redundancy spec. At least three Houston facilities bid blind against it, and every quote comes back on one 36-month landed cost within one business day.
- 1301 Fannin1301 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77002
- DataBank Westway Park campus5150 Westway Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77041
Landed cost model
36-month Houston colocation cost
Model the full contract before any sales call. Defaults come from this metro's published benchmarks; replace them with the numbers on your quote or renewal notice.
Rate: CBRE, North America Data Center Trends H1 2026 (Figures 1 and 2: H1 2026 Wholesale Primary and Secondary Market Fundamentals) (H1 2026), Quoted asking rental rates, USD per kW per month, for 250+ kW at N+1/Tier III requirements (wholesale). Ranges as published. Power: EIA industrial average, TX, July 2026 (preliminary). Cross-connects: Inflect, Colocation Pricing: What to Expect for Racks, Cabinets, and Cages in 2026.
Interconnection
Carrier hotels and exchanges in Houston
Racks in or cross-connected to these buildings reach the most carriers and cloud on-ramps.
Carrier hotels and meet-me rooms
| Building | Address | Operator | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1301 Fannin | 1301 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77002 | Netrality Data Centers | Downtown carrier hotel; Netrality cites 40+ on-net carriers, neutral meet-me rooms and 26 MW from dual underground utility feeds. PeeringDB lists HOUIX, FD-IX Houston and MegaIX Houston present. | Source |
| DataBank Westway Park campus (HOU1 to HOU3) | 5150 Westway Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77041 | DataBank | DataBank describes the 40+ acre campus as one of the city's primary interconnection points, with dozens of fiber networks and public cloud on-ramps. | Source |
Market snapshot
CBRE reported Houston vacancy rose to 19.7% in H1 2025 after a recent delivery by a single operator, with 15 MW of new capacity scheduled for delivery by year-end 2026.
CBRE, North America Data Center Trends H1 2025: Market Profiles, Houston, 2025-09-08
Operators
Who can bid in Houston
Operators with a facility in the metro, and the deployments each facility is built for. We invite the ones that fit your spec.
| Operator | Example facility | Built for | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netrality Data Centers | 1301 Fannin, Houston | Network-dense deployments in the CBD: single cabinets through wholesale, private cross-connects and 40+ on-net carriers. | Source |
| DataBank | HOU1 Westway Park I, 5150 Westway Park Blvd, Houston | Scalable colocation on a multi-building campus: HOU1 lists 110,190 IT sq ft, 15.6 MW critical IT load and 40 onsite carriers. | Source |
| Equinix | HO1, 1515 Aldine Meadows Road, Houston | Buyers wanting Equinix Fabric and Fabric Cloud Router access, with cabinets, private cages and Smart Hands. | Source |
| Digital Realty | IAH10, 12001 North Freeway, Houston | Larger colocation footprints: 205,500 sq ft of colocation space, 2N+1 cooling and 25+ cloud and network service providers. | Source |
| Switch | Data Foundry Houston 2, 660 Greens Pkwy, Houston | Switch advertises up to 50 kW per cabinet, a 100% power uptime guarantee and a 185 MPH wind rating for its Houston site; PeeringDB lists 12 networks at Houston 2. | Source |
| Element Critical | Element Critical Houston HOU1, 22000 Franz Rd, Katy | High-density and AI/GPU colocation; Element Critical advertises cabinets through private suites and cloud on-ramps to AWS, Azure, Oracle and Google Cloud. | Source |
Houston colocation questions
Published wholesale asking rents in Houston run $165 to $195 per kW per month for 250 kW and larger requirements (CBRE, North America Data Center Trends H1 2026 (Figures 1 and 2: H1 2026 Wholesale Primary and Secondary Market Fundamentals), H1 2026). Smaller cabinet deals usually price higher per kW, and power is often metered on top. Retail full racks generally run $900 to $2,000 per month (Inflect, 2026-04-01).
The main interconnection buildings are 1301 Fannin (1301 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77002), DataBank Westway Park campus (5150 Westway Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77041). Buildings with more networks on site mean shorter, cheaper cross-connects to the carriers and clouds you need.
The industrial electricity average is 7.07 cents/kWh (TX industrial). Facilities that bill power separately pass this through with their PUE on top, so ask each bidder for its billed PUE and power rate.
Providers bid blind: they see the technical spec only, never your name, email, phone or company, and never a file you upload. We introduce you only to the provider you pick. We ask at least three facilities to price your power, space and interconnection spec, put every quote on one 36-month landed cost, and reply within one business day.