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Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04)
Plano, Collin County, Texas · All 3 Lambda sites
Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04) is a data center under construction in Plano, Texas (Collin County), operated by Lambda. The public record puts it at announced 2026, 100 MW planned.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Lambda
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Plano, Collin County, TX
- Coordinates
- 33.0198, -96.6989
- Power capacity
- 100 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- 2026
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Grid
- 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
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
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.
- 2026Under constructionLambda to occupy a new ~$700M Aligned data center (DFW-04) under construction in Plano, Texas; 2026 target Source: DevX
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 7, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04) in Plano, Collin County, Texas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
Lambda to occupy the ~$700M Aligned DFW-04 data center under construction in Plano, Collin County; 2026 target. Distinct from Lambda's Chicago and Kansas City sites. Coordinates are the Plano area centroid.
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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- 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.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in 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.
- Aligned DFW-01 · Plano · Aligned Data Centers1 mi · Operating · 60 MW
- Flexential Dallas - Plano · Plano · Flexential2 mi · Operating · 13 MW
- Flexential Dallas - Richardson · Richardson · Flexential4 mi · Operating
- Stream Data Centers DFWA (DFW VII) · Garland · Stream Data Centers4 mi · Operating · 43 MW
- NTT Global Data Centers Dallas TX1 · Garland · NTT Global Data Centers4 mi · Operating
- CyrusOne DFW3-DFW5 (Allen) · Allen · CyrusOne9 mi · Operating · 50 MW
- TierPoint Dallas-Allen · Allen · TierPoint9 mi · Operating
- BlockchAIn Collin County AI GPU Hosting Site · BlockchAIn Digital Infrastructure, Inc.13 mi · Under construction
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04) in Plano?
Nothing on record as of July 7, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04) in Plano, Collin County, Texas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04)?
No lawsuit over Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04) appears in the record we track as of July 7, 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 Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04) 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 Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04), and how big is it?
Lambda is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 100 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Lambda Plano AI Data Center (Aligned DFW-04)," updated July 7, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/lambda-aligned-plano-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/lambda-aligned-plano-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.Lambda Cloud to occupy Aligned data center in Plano · DevX · retrieved July 7, 2026
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