Houston data centers and colocation
Houston has 20 colocation buildings run by 17 operators and served by 9 internet exchanges.
Market asking rent runs from $165 up to $195 monthly per kW, and only 5% of space is vacant (CBRE, first half of 2026).
Colocation data centers in Houston
Buildings are ranked by how many networks they hold.
| Building | Operator | Networks | Exchanges | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Databank Houston West (HOU1) (HOU2) DataBank | DataBank | 36 | 2 | 5150 & 5170 Westway Park Blvd, Houston |
Netrality Houston - 1301 Fannin Netrality Data Centers | Netrality Data Centers | 31 | 5 | 1301 Fannin - Netrality Data Center Meet Me Room, Houston |
| TRG Datacenters Houston (HOU1) (HOU2)TRG Datacenters | TRG Datacenters | 18 | 4 | 2626 Spring Cypress Road, Spring |
Digital Realty HOU (12001 North Freeway) Digital Realty | Digital Realty | 14 | 2 | 12001 North Freeway, Houston |
Data Foundry Houston 2 Data Foundry | Data Foundry | 12 | 2 | 660 Greens Pkwy, Houston |
| FIBERTOWN Houston Data CenterFIBERTOWN | FIBERTOWN | 11 | 2 | 12031 North Fwy, Houston |
| Databank Houston Galleria (HOU5)DataBank | DataBank | 8 | 2 | 4201 Southwest Freeway, Houston |
EdgeConneX Houston (EDCHOU01) EdgeConneX | EdgeConneX | 7 | 2 | 1510 Primewest Parkway, Katy |
| Quasar Data CenterQuasar Data Center | Quasar Data Center | 7 | 0 | 1001 Texas Ave, Houston |
Stream Data Centers - Houston I Stream Data Centers | Stream Data Centers | 5 | 1 | 4001 Technology Forest Blvd, The Woodlands |
Consolidated - 811 Louisiana Consolidated Communications | Consolidated Communications | 4 | 0 | 811 Louisiana St, Houston |
Equinix HO1 - Houston Equinix | Equinix | 4 | 1 | 1515 Aldine Meadows Road, Houston |
| INAP HoustonINAP Holding | INAP Holding | 4 | 0 | 1301 Fannin St., Houston |
| Data Foundry Houston 1Data Foundry | Data Foundry | 3 | 0 | 5555 San Felipe, Houston |
| Alpheus Houston (777 Walker Street)Alpheus Communications | Alpheus Communications | 2 | 0 | Two Shell Plaza, Houston |
Element Critical Houston HOU1 Element Critical | Element Critical | 2 | 1 | 22000 Franz rd, Katy |
| Databank Houston West (HOU3)DataBank | DataBank | 1 | 0 | 11003 Corporate Centre Drive, Houston |
| 3500 GarrottJCCH | JCCH | 0 | 0 | 3500 Garrott, Houston |
Cogent Houston Cogent Communications | Cogent Communications | 0 | 0 | 12061 North Freeway, Houston |
| InterConnX RealtyInterConnX Realty | InterConnX Realty | 0 | 0 | 1415 Louisiana St., Houston |
Each green building gets a page of its own listing all the networks inside. We refresh the building records from PeeringDB each month. The networks are carriers, clouds and ISPs listing a presence in the building.
Main operators in Houston
Here, DataBank operates 3 buildings and Data Foundry operates 2. Databank Houston West (HOU1) (HOU2) leads on connectivity, holding 36 networks.Netrality Houston - 1301 Fannin comes next with 31. More networks under one roof means more carrier options, plus cross connects that are cheaper and shorter (a cable joining your rack with another company's).
- DataBank3 buildings
- Data Foundry2 buildings
- Netrality Data Centers1 building
- TRG Datacenters1 building
- Digital Realty1 building
- FIBERTOWN1 building
- EdgeConneX1 building
- Quasar Data Center1 building
- Stream Data Centers1 building
- Consolidated Communications1 building
Internet exchanges serving Houston
A shared switch where networks trade traffic directly is called an internet exchange. If you're in a building on the exchange, one port connects you to its members.
- KCIX 199 members, 1 building here
- HOUIX 59 members, 3 buildings here
- DE-CIX Houston 10 members, 2 buildings here
- FD-IX - Houston 6 members, 5 buildings here
- Global Peer Exchange 6 members, 2 buildings here
- MegaIX Houston 3 members, 8 buildings here
- Ninja-IX Houston 3 members, 1 building here
- DartNode IXP - Houston 0 members, 1 building here
- Equinix Houston 0 members, 1 building here
Colocation costs in Houston
Add the list price of a rack to the Houston market rent above. One full rack using 5 to 10 kW comes to roughly $1,360 to $2,480 a month.
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Building locations
Buildings in the Houston market sit in Houston (16), Katy (2), Spring (1) and The Woodlands (1).
Getting quotes in Houston
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