

CyrusOne’s Houston West II data center is located 20 minutes west of downtown Houston just off Beltway 8 between I-10 and 290. It is strategically positioned with access to significant and redundant utility power feeds, and access to one of the fastest and most reliable telecommunications networks, as it is located along a major fiber corridor in Houston.
Water Risk and Use | Now | 2030 Projection | 2040 Projection |
Regional Water Stress | Medium to High | High | High |
CyrusOne Water Use | Zero Consumption | Zero Consumption | Zero Consumption |
(Risk assessment and projections based on WRI Aqueduct Tool)
Greenhouse Gases | 2004 | 2007 | 2012 | 2016 | 2018 |
MTCO2/MWh | 0.644 | 0.568 | 0.518 | 0.458 | 0.423 |
Grid Renewables | 2004 | 2007 | 2012 | 2016 | 2018 |
Percent from renewable sources | 1.3% | 2.7% | 8.6% | 14.5% | 18.2% |
This has been increasing about 1.2% points per year over the last 14 years of published data. Based on US EPA eGRID data for the ERCOT subregion (ERCT).
This second facility makes CyrusOne’s Houston West data center campus the largest and first digital energy campus for the oil and gas industry in Houston and a geophysical center of excellence for seismic exploration computing. The first phase of the building is completed, with 80,000 colocation square feet (CSF) operational today. The building’s total footprint will be 160,000 sq. ft. with the ability to hold up to 24 MW of critical capacity.
The hardened facility is outside the FEMA 500 year flood plain and features a reinforced roof and concrete walls. The Houston West Building #2 data center boasts significant physical security features including perimeter fencing, steel lined walls, bulletproof glass, dual authentication, biometric access systems, and 24x7x365 security guards. It also incorporates CyrusOne’s sophisticated building management systems designed to proactively monitor all of the mechanical and electrical systems in the building.
With CyrusOne’s National IX, customers can configure a virtual on-net platform from a multitude of carriers and providers, allowing optimal flexibility and interconnection with anyone at any connected facility and to the cloud.
As part of CyrusOne’s National IX platform, this Houston data center provides interconnection to other CyrusOne data centers in Texas and beyond.