DataBank CEO Raul Martynek believes Dallas could challenge Ashburn, Virginia, as America’s dominant data center location within years. In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, Martynek discussed how Dallas was already a top-five U.S. market before the AI boom, and how constraints in other regions around land and power are accelerating North Texas growth.
Since joining DataBank in 2017, Martynek has expanded the company from six data centers in three markets to 65 facilities across more than two dozen markets, including Dallas, Richardson, Plano, and Red Oak.
“Dallas is poised to continue to grow. Could it even challenge Ashburn in a couple years to be the dominant location for data center capacity here in the U.S.? If current course and speed continue, I think it will.”
— Raul Martynek, CEO, DataBank
Martynek addressed concerns about data center resource consumption, emphasizing that collective human behavior drives demand rather than tech companies. Everyday digital activities from streaming video to storing emails all require data center infrastructure.
The CEO acknowledged potential overexcitement about AI’s short-term impact while maintaining confidence in its transformative potential over 10 to 15 years, comparing the current moment to the internet’s emergence in the mid-1990s.
For the complete interview with Raul Martynek on Dallas’s data center future and industry trends, read the full article at The Dallas Morning News.
