North Texas has beaten some of the world's biggest data center hubs to claim the No. 1 in the 2026 Global Data Center Market Comparison by Cushman & Wakefield, a global commercial real estate services firm. Cushman & Wakefield said the state is growing at a pace that could eventually match, or surpass, Virginia, the world's largest data center market by operating capacity. Dallas isn't the world's largest data center market. 1 ranking, Virginia remains the world's largest data center market based on the amount of capacity already in operation.