Compass Datacenters
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Compass Datacenters is a Dallas-based developer and operator of hyperscale, single-tenant data center campuses built specifically for cloud and hyperscale computing customers rather than multi-tenant retail colocation buyers. As of 2025-2026, the company has roughly 16-17 active or planned campuses across the United States, Canada, Israel, and Italy, with a distinctive industrialized, prefabricated construction model — roughly 85% of each facility is manufactured off-site as standardized “kit-of-parts” components before being assembled on campus. Founded in 2011 by Chris Crosby, Compass has been owned since 2023 by the infrastructure investment arms of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Brookfield Infrastructure, and KKR, giving it deep capital backing for multi-hundred-megawatt campus commitments such as a planned $10 billion, eight-building campus in Meridian, Mississippi, and a 360 MW development at Red Oak, Texas. Compass differentiates itself through a “100-year campus” philosophy emphasizing water-free hybrid cooling, prefabricated modular design for faster and safer builds, and long-term community partnerships in the towns where it builds.
Compass Datacenters has a confirmed data center presence at the following locations:
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Compass Datacenters Data Center Locations
- Greater Toronto Area region, Ontario, Canada Compass Toronto (GTA) Campus PENDING REVIEW
Per Compass Datacenters's own site: Compass states its hyperscale campus is strategically located within the Greater Toronto Area to support Toronto's growing digital demands. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada Compass Montreal (MTL-R1 and MTL-R2) TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
These two facilities, acquired with Root Data Center in 2019, were described at the time as Tier III, carrier-neutral, and designed for an energy-efficient PUE of 1.17, with MTL-R2 claimed as the largest wholesale data center in Canada. - Tel Aviv, Israel Compass Tel Aviv Campus PENDING REVIEW
Compass's Israel entry was tied to a 2019 investment from Tel Aviv-listed real estate group Azrieli, which took a 20% stake in Compass before later selling it in 2023 for about NIS 3.2 billion. - Noviglio, Italy Compass Milan Campus PENDING REVIEW
Announced in 2022 as a joint venture with real estate firm Hines, this was Compass's first European project and Hines' first European data center, sited on 2.3 million sq ft near Milan with plans to scale from 48MW toward 100MW. - El Mirage, Arizona, USA Compass El Mirage Campus (PHX II) PENDING REVIEW
The El Mirage campus is a second, separate Phoenix-area site from Goodyear, with directory listings describing associated buildings such as DC8. - Goodyear, Arizona, USA Compass PHX Campus (Goodyear) PENDING REVIEW
The Goodyear campus was Compass's first Phoenix-area hyperscale project, begun in January 2019 with a 200-acre land acquisition and planned for up to eight buildings totaling 350MW. - Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA Compass Illinois Campus (Hoffman Estates) PENDING REVIEW
Compass acquired the former Sears headquarters property in Hoffman Estates as part of establishing this 200 MW campus roughly 30 miles west of Chicago. - Boston, Massachusetts, USA Compass Boston Data Center PENDING REVIEW
- Meridian, Mississippi, USA Compass Meridian Campus (Lauderdale County) PENDING REVIEW
Announced in January 2025, this planned eight-building, $10 billion campus in Lauderdale County was certified by the Mississippi Development Authority as a data center operator project, earning 10-year state tax exemptions. - Statesville, North Carolina, USA Compass Statesville Campus PENDING REVIEW
The Statesville City Council unanimously approved rezoning of 330 acres of land near Stamey Farm Road for this Compass campus. - Durham, North Carolina, USA Compass Raleigh Data Center PENDING REVIEW
Third-party listings describe this facility as Level 5 commissioned and built with a patent-pending, 12-inch steel-reinforced precast panel architecture inside Research Triangle Park. - Columbus, Ohio, USA Compass Columbus 01/02 Data Centers PENDING REVIEW
Directory listings identify two separate Compass buildings in Columbus (Columbus 01 and Columbus 02), reflecting a multi-building campus approach in the market. - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Compass Tulsa Campus PENDING REVIEW
Per Compass Datacenters's own site: Compass describes Tulsa as offering reliable infrastructure and central U.S. positioning as one of its data center markets. - Franklin, Tennessee, USA Compass Nashville (Franklin) Campus PENDING REVIEW
Per Compass Datacenters's own site: Compass describes its 14-acre data center campus in Franklin as supporting Nashville's dynamic economic growth and rising cloud infrastructure needs. - Allen, Texas, USA Compass Dallas (Allen) Data Center PENDING REVIEW
This facility has been cited in industry coverage for its Kyoto Cooling-based fan-wall cooling plenum design, one of Compass's earlier signature engineering approaches. - Red Oak, Texas, USA Compass Red Oak Campus PENDING REVIEW
The Red Oak campus, home to the Roadrunner buildings, is a 360 MW development that datacenter directories list among Compass's largest Texas sites, with individual buildings spanning over 251,000 sq ft. - Prince William County, Virginia, USA Compass Prince William County Campus PENDING REVIEW
Trade press reported Compass planning an 11.55 million sq ft campus in Prince William County, Virginia, one of its largest announced individual campus footprints. - Loudoun County, Virginia, USA Compass Northern Virginia Campus PENDING REVIEW
Compass's first Loudoun County building was a 6MW facility that launched a planned 75MW campus, one of its earliest East Coast hyperscale entries dating to 2019.
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Common Questions
Does Compass Datacenters sell colocation, cloud services, or something else?
Compass builds and leases entire single-tenant, purpose-built hyperscale campuses rather than selling individual racks or cages to many small customers; its own materials describe it as exclusively developing hyperscale campuses for the world's largest cloud and technology companies, making it a wholesale/build-to-suit colocation developer for hyperscalers rather than a retail colocation or public cloud provider.
Where did Compass Datacenters get its first data centers outside the United States?
Compass entered Canada in 2019 by acquiring Montreal-based wholesale provider Root Data Center, which operated two facilities (MTL-R1 and MTL-R2); this was described as Compass's first investment outside the U.S. market.
What is Compass Datacenters' largest announced project as of 2025?
In January 2025, Compass announced a $10 billion, eight-building hyperscale campus in Lauderdale County (Meridian), Mississippi, to be built out over roughly eight years with about 40 MW of IT capacity per building.
Who owns Compass Datacenters?
Compass was founded independently in 2011 by Chris Crosby, and since 2023 has been controlled by the private equity/infrastructure arms of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, with KKR also cited as a backer on the company's own site.
Does Compass Datacenters have GPU/AI-specific infrastructure?
Compass markets its newer campuses (such as Red Oak, Texas and its Mississippi and Illinois developments) around next-generation, high-density power and hybrid, water-free cooling designed for AI-era workloads, but available sourcing does not confirm specific GPU model deployments (e.g., H100/H200) at named facilities.
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