Programs & Events

Education, convening, and field learning for a specialized market.

TXDCRE programs are built around the technical and transactional subjects that shape data center real estate decisions in Texas.

Quarterly Membership Meetings

Market conditions, power, connectivity, site selection, and public policy briefings.

Annual Conference

The Council's flagship gathering for Texas data center real estate professionals.

Panel discussion at a TXDCRE member program.

Facility tour group in hard hats at an industrial site.

Facility Tours

Guided tours of operating and under-construction facilities with submarket discussion.

Technician working with server and network equipment.

Fundamentals Series

Technical education on site selection, power procurement, fiber, diligence, and transaction structure.

Immediate Past Program

Reading OPR and BOD implications for real estate professionals.

Thursday, May 14, 2026 | Omni Dallas Hotel, Downtown Dallas

Thank you to the members, speakers, and guests who joined our session on Owner's Project Requirements (OPR) and Basis of Design (BOD) documents. The program focused on how real estate professionals can use AI-assisted review to read these technical packages for deal implications: site constraints, utility and cooling dependencies, development risk, lease and purchase diligence, and questions to raise with counsel, engineers, and ownership teams.

Policy Briefings

Public policy issues covered through member programming.

Power and Grid Reliability

Large-load interconnection, dispatchable resources, backup generation, and utility planning.

Tax and Incentives

Qualified data center sales-and-use tax exemption, local incentives, and economic development policy.

Water and Environmental Diligence

Water resource planning, environmental review, brownfield redevelopment, and community impacts.

Permitting and Land Use

Zoning, entitlement, building approvals, site readiness, and local stakeholder engagement.

Advocacy and public policy.

TXDCRE monitors legislative and regulatory matters affecting the Texas data center real estate sector and uses member briefings to coordinate issue tracking, testimony, and updates.

The Council represents member interests before state agencies, the Legislature, and local jurisdictions while supporting responsible, well-sited development practices.

Member Materials

Reference topics handled through events and committee updates.

Market Data

Energy infrastructure retirement map

Interactive member research map with generation retirements and Texas gas transmission infrastructure.

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Issue Brief

Understanding data center site readiness

A working checklist for power, fiber, water, land use, environmental, and title diligence.

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Committee Update

Large-load policy tracker

Member updates on state and local issues affecting large electric loads and backup generation.

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Standards

Standards of Practice

Professional conduct guidance for member representation in data center real estate transactions.

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Program calendar.

Q3 Member Briefing: Power market update and large-load policy discussion
Data Center Fundamentals: Site control, interconnection, water, fiber, and entitlement overview
Regional Facility Tour: Operating campus walk-through and development lessons learned