TRG Datacenters launches new 24 megawatt Houston site
TRG Datacenters has started construction of its new 24-megawatt, 110,000-square-foot data centre near Houston, Texas. The new facility, known as HOU2, is seeking to meet the growing demand from hyperscale, cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), managed service providers, and enterprise customers in the region.
TRG says the HOU2 site will accelerate timelines for customers needing modern IT infrastructure, with the first phase scheduled for delivery as early as the fourth quarter of 2026.
The project is TRG's first entry into the wholesale market and expands beyond its established managed colocation business to offer single-tenant data centres, private data halls, and anchor tenant configurations.
TRG Datacenters was founded by Christopher Hinkle, who previously started Global Network Access in 1997.
The current growth builds on the company's foundation, which began with the launch of HOU1 in 2018.
The company has a diversified customer base, currently supporting 165 enterprise, technology, and IT service firms. TRG has also expanded its leadership team with the addition of Matt Paulsen, a former Sumitomo executive, as Vice President of Finance.
The Houston data centre market is experiencing increased customer interest, underpinned by expanding needs from both local enterprises and national technology firms.
"Houston is seeing strong interest not just from traditional enterprise IT but now also from AI, cloud, and hyperscale deployments," said Christopher Hinkle, CEO, TRG Datacenters.
"With secured power capacity on an entitled, operational site that hosts 16 carriers and more than 160 existing clients, the HOU2 expansion provides a level of certainty our existing and prospective customers can rely on in an otherwise supply-constrained U.S. data center market," Hinkle added in another statement.
TRG's growth follows a strategic investment secured from Tallvine Partners, announced in August of last year. This capital has been directed toward expanding operations and exploring potential sites in Dallas, Austin, and other tier 1 and tier 2 U.S. data centre markets.
The company says customers are expected to save dedicated data centre customers an estimated USD $4.7 million annually compared to the average US data centre power cost of USD $0.10 per kWh or higher. Electricity for the site is confirmed to be provided by Houston-based CentrePoint Energy.
Technical features
TRG has prioritised reliability and resource efficiency in the HOU2 design. The facility will use a closed-loop, dry-chiller cooling system to reduce water use and is being built with distributed, redundant infrastructure. HOU1, the company's existing facility, has maintained a 100% uptime record since opening in 2018, including production AI workloads.
The campus now has 16 on-premises carriers and is engineered to support sub-10-millisecond round-trip latency to the Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin markets. The site also features 500-count wholesale fibre, enabling rapid network provisioning and readiness.
Image courtesy of TRG Datacenters.
