City OKs first step in $2.1 billion data center in far north Fort Worth
A $2.1 billion data center slated for development in far north Fort Worth can begin minor grading, but the city is still reviewing the rest of the developer’s plans.
Spanning five buildings on 107 acres near the intersection of Saginaw Boulevard and Hicks Field Road, the data center is being developed by the Spanish infrastructure company ACS Group.
A privately owned substation will be built for the development, which is close to an existing Oncor substation.
According to documents filed with the city of Fort Worth, ACS Group has been approved for an initial grading permit, which will allow the company to begin things like brush clearance and soil excavation, but a more comprehensive grading permit is still under review.
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation documents say that the 251,303 square-foot development will house two 25,075 square-foot hallways of computers.
In April 2025, the city of Fort Worth approved an economic development agreement with ACS lasting up to 10 years and two phases of development.
Under that agreement, ACS agreed to complete phase one of development and create 28 full-time jobs with $150,000 salaries by the end of 2031, and complete phase two by 2034 with the creation of an additional nine jobs. In total, the data center would support 37 full-time jobs.
In exchange, the city will provide annual performance-based grants. Once phase one is complete, ACS will receive 35% grant on the incremental property taxes paid on the development’s business property assets, but not the land itself. Once the second phase is complete, that grant will increase to 70%.
The city estimates that the data center will generate $57.9 million in new tax revenue.
ACS has not publicly announced a client for the data center, but in a 2025 presentation, the company described itself as “the world’s leading data center contractor.” ACS told the city of Fort Worth that its past clients have included Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon.
Matthew Carter, senior vice president for digital infrastructure at ACS Infrastructure, has said previously that the data center will recycle water using a loop system to cool the computers inside the data center.
Meta’s data center in Fort Worth has previously reported employing 150 people. A representative for QTS told the Star-Telegram that the Fort Worth QTS data center employs two dozen people, with plans to employ five more in the future.
ACS could not be reached for comment.
