CyrusOne, the data center services subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell, has completed the first phase of its latest Texas data center in Carrolton (Dallas-Fort Worth region).

Opening another location in the region further strengthens an already established player in Dallas-Fort Worth, one of the most active data center markets in the US. The company plans to expand available capacity at this massive site in large chunks, using its “Massively Modular” model.

Kevin Timmons, CyrusOne’s CTO, said the deployment model gave the company the ability to achieve construction and asset utilization efficiencies smaller facilities cannot achieve.

“And we beat the deployment speed of most of the 'data center in a box' solutions that are currently being marketed – getting our Carrollton facility to market in just 14 weeks,” he added, likely referring to pre-fabricated modular products by companies like IO. These companies provide data center modules of smaller form factors.

First phase of the Carrolton facility – 47,000 sq ft of data center space – is already 10% sold, the company said. The facility is designed for a total of 60MW of capacity.

The building’s total raised-floor capacity can go up to 400,000 sq ft, CyrusOne said. It is about one-quarter-mile long.

CyrusOne is using an indirect-evaporative cooling system at this site, which it says enables it to use free cooling 80% of the year.

CyrusOne is currently going through the process of becoming a publicly traded company. Its parent firm Cincinnati Bell filed papers to spin the unit off through an initial public offering with US trade regulators last week.