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Red Oak Campus

Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas · All 6 Compass Datacenters sites · Every QTS and Compass Datacenters case on our tracker

ProposedMixed receptionRecord updated July 26, 2026

Red Oak Campus is a proposed data center in Red Oak, Texas (Ellis County), operated by Compass Datacenters. The public record puts it at a reported $600 million investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Compass Datacenters
Facility type
Data center
Location
Red Oak, Ellis County, TX
Coordinates
32.5380, -96.8044 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$600 million
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Mixed reception
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. 2026
    Proposed
    Status change recorded. Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Red Oak Campus in Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Red Oak City Council approved rezoning for the Compass campus expansion on a 4-1 vote (May 2026) despite residents packing chambers to protest grid stress, noise, traffic, water use, and property-value concerns.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Red Oak City Council approved rezoning for the Compass campus expansion on a 4-1 vote (May 2026) despite residents packing chambers to protest grid stress, noise, traffic, water use, and property-value concerns.

Source

Notes on the record

Second DFW-area Compass site (buildings 3/4). Distinct operator/site from DataBank's separate Red Oak, TX campus (same town, different companies).

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Red Oak Campus in Red Oak?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Red Oak Campus in Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Red Oak City Council approved rezoning for the Compass campus expansion on a 4-1 vote (May 2026) despite residents packing chambers to protest grid stress, noise, traffic, water use, and property-value concerns.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Red Oak Campus?

No lawsuit over Red Oak Campus appears in the record we track as of July 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Red Oak Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Red Oak Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Red Oak Campus, and how big is it?

Compass Datacenters is the operator on record. We hold 6 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Red Oak Campus," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/compass-red-oak-tx.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/compass-red-oak-tx, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Compass Datacenters looks to expand Red Oak campus · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 17, 2026
  2. 2.DeSoto Tribune, Red Oak data center sparks controversy as expansion moves forward · retrieved July 26, 2026

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