Cisco Richardson Data Center — Private TXDC1

TYPE3’s map data lists Cisco Richardson Data Center as announced retail colocation in Richardson at 0 MW, with site coordinates and a DataCenterMap seed that only says “see the profile.” That category is wrong. Data Center Knowledge’s 27 October 2009 tour placed Cisco’s flagship Texas data center in Richardson: an $80 million conversion of an unused four-story, 285,000-square-foot office building, using the first two floors, four data halls totaling 30,000 square feet, two 10-megawatt power feeds, six 2.5 MW diesel generators with four 1,200-gallon tanks, and a 25,000-gallon thermal storage tank. Network World’s 8 November 2010 report on “Texas DC1” described a 5-megawatt facility with 28,000 square feet of raised floor. Those are dated design and utility layers, not 2026 operating IT load and not a colo product.

The identities remain separate. Cisco’s CCIE / training lab is associated with Building 5 at 2250 East President George Bush Highway, not this hall. Cisco Allen, opened in 2011 as an active-active mirror about 15 miles north, is already a distinct Cisco record and remains private enterprise infrastructure. Baxtel still lists Cisco Richardson TXDC1 / RCDN9 at 2300 E PGB Highway as operational; that aggregator label does not create a public colo offer. The 10 MW feeds, 2.5 MW generators, and the 2010 5 MW rating are not current available load.