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Compass Datacenters

www.compassdatacenters.com

Compass Datacenters is a Dallas-based hyperscale campus developer founded in 2011 by Chris Crosby, a former Digital Realty executive.

Track Compass Datacenters
Founded
2011
HQ
Dallas, Texas, USA
Status
private

The verified answer

As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Compass Datacenters: 1 model, $5.5B raised. 5 sources back the record.

Funding

$5.5B

Models

1

Employees

600

Overview

Compass Datacenters is a Dallas-based hyperscale campus developer founded in 2011 by Chris Crosby, a former Digital Realty executive. It designs, builds, and operates Class A data center campuses on a modular, prefabricated construction model, marketing a "Community-First" and 100-year-neighbor posture aimed at winning entitlements in jurisdictions where hyperscale build-outs face growing local resistance.

Since June 2023 Compass has been jointly owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, in a transaction reported at roughly $5.5 billion; KKR is also identified by the company among its capital backers. Under that ownership the operator has moved from a single-tenant wholesale model into gigawatt-class campus development, with active projects in Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Northern Virginia, Phoenix (Goodyear and El Mirage), Meridian (Mississippi), Toronto, and Milan.

Compass is a supplier to the hyperscale cloud tier: Amazon Web Services is a publicly identified anchor customer, and the company partners with Schneider Electric, Vertiv, and Cummins on the modular power-and-cooling stack. Recent expansion has been paired with a workforce-training push (Texas State Technical College, Meridian Community College) as jurisdictions increasingly tie approvals to local jobs commitments.

Verified record

Verified deployments
None on file
Active incidents
None on file

Key facts

Status

Private

Founder

Chris Crosby (Co-Founder & CEO)

Co-Founder

Chris Curtis (departed 2024 for Prologis)

Founded

2011 by Chris Crosby, previously SVP at Digital Realty

Backed by

Brookfield, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP)

Capacity

~1,325 MW (operational and pipeline)

Model

Standardized modular hyperscale design

Headquarters

Dallas, Texas (14555 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 125)

Ownership

Jointly owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Brookfield Infrastructure since June 2023; KKR also listed as a backer

Portfolio capacity (announced)

~1,279 MW across eight named active campuses (Chicago, Meridian, Dallas-Fort Worth, Loudoun County VA, Goodyear AZ, El Mirage AZ, Toronto, Milan)

Largest single campus (in build)

Dallas-Fort Worth: 360 MW, nearing completion

Newest ground-breaking

Meridian, Mississippi: 320 MW, broke ground 2025

Operational campus (Chicago)

200 MW on the former Sears headquarters site, acquired 2023

Anchor customer

Amazon Web Services (publicly identified; also the vehicle for Compass's Israel expansion)

CEO

Chris Crosby, founder and Chief Executive Officer

Business model

Modular, prefabricated Class A campuses marketed under a 'Community-First' / 100-year-neighbor entitlement posture

International footprint

Active projects outside the US in Toronto (Canada) and Milan (Italy); historical Tel Aviv exposure via AWS partnership

Ecosystem partners

Schneider Electric, Vertiv, Cummins, Foster Fuels, Salute

Certifications

PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701

Subsidiary

Radix IoT, a SaaS platform for data center management

Recognition

Ranked No. 527 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies

Workforce initiative

Launched Mississippi's first data center workforce training program with Meridian Community College (July 2026) and a training facility with Texas State Technical College in Red Oak, TX (July 2026)

Data & sources

Web sources

5

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Partnerships

Every company Compass Datacenters has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

2 total2 operating

Most-frequent partners

  1. 1AWS1× joint976 total
  2. 2NVIDIA1× joint1112 total

Most recent

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Relationships

NNVIDIATechnology partnerAAWSTechnology partner

Current leadership (9)

  • AJ Byers Presidentreported, not verified
  • Jared Day President and Chief Financial Officerreported, not verified
  • Adil Attlassy Chief Technology Officerreported, not verified
  • Chris Crosby Co-Founder & CEO, CEOsecondary-verified
  • Jonathan Schildkraut Chief Investment Officerreported, not verified
  • Raymond Hawkins Chief Customer Officerreported, not verified
  • Terrence Jones Chief Data Center Operations Officerreported, not verified
  • Tamara Yang Chief Delivery Officerreported, not verified
  • Nancy Novak Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus and Compass Ambassadorreported, not verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Compass Datacenters.

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Compass Datacenters on the data-center map

Every verified data center Compass Datacenters operates that has a mapped coordinate (42 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.

Compass Datacenters data centers (43)

AI data centers Compass Datacenters operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.

Recent coverage

Compass Datacenters in third-party press

Compass Datacenters to Gov. Abbott: We Agree. Raise the Standards. - PR Newswire

Aug 10, 2026

Skanska and Bouygues: Top 5 Construction Stories This Week - Construction Digital

Jul 11, 2026

Clerical error spikes attempt to build Virginia data centers - Taipei Times

May 10, 2026