STACK Infrastructure

STACK Infrastructure is a Denver-based developer and operator of data centers, building hyperscale campuses and colocation space for cloud and enterprise tenants across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Its U.S. footprint covers markets like Northern Virginia, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Atlanta, Silicon Valley and Portland, and it’s now pushing into the desert Southwest. In Santa Teresa, N.M., STACK and BorderPlex Digital Assets are developing Project Jupiter, an 855,000-square-foot campus leased to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure under an 18-year deal, with OpenAI as the primary client. A Clayco/Kiewit joint venture topped out the first building on Oct. 22, about a year after groundbreaking. Bloom Energy fuel cells will power it.

Where the campuses are

STACK Infrastructure runs its corporate headquarters in Denver, but the portfolio is what defines the company, and it is split across three regions. In the Americas: Dallas-Fort Worth, New Albany, Northern Virginia, Portland and Silicon Valley. In Asia Pacific: Johor Bahru and Melbourne. In EMEA: Copenhagen, Frankfurt and Stockholm. That spread of markets, rather than a single flagship site, is the practical thing for anyone assessing whether the company can serve a multi-region requirement.

The offer covers more than leased halls. STACK develops and operates hyperscale data centres, sells colocation, markets powered land for occupiers who want to build their own capacity on a site already served with power, and delivers build-to-suit campuses. Capacity is pitched specifically at AI/ML and cloud density, which is a different design problem from traditional enterprise colocation, with the company pointing to design optionality so that clients can grow where and when they need rather than committing to one footprint up front.

More interesting for a construction audience is that STACK publishes its development conduct as four Responsible Development Principles, which is unusual in a sector that often says little about siting. The first is responsible siting, described as collaborating with local stakeholders so that development aligns with community needs. The second is local partnership and engagement to foster positive community impact. The third is sustainability leadership, with stated commitments to 100% clean energy, carbon reduction, efficient water use and purple-pipe programs, the last meaning reclaimed water piped separately for non-potable use such as cooling. The fourth is community stewardship: adherence to local ordinance and to environmental and noise regulation, with a stated intent to go beyond those protections where possible.

Noise and water are the two issues that most often stall a data centre application at the planning stage, so a developer naming both in a published principle is worth noting for contractors and consultants who will be answering questions about them.

The company also maintains a client portal, publishes collateral and thought leadership, and separates its press and careers contacts between the Americas and EMEA. Corporate enquiries go through the Denver office. Sources: stackinfra.com homepage, About and Contact pages.