Dallas is a great city with its own culture, but it also offers some of the best technology. The Dallas region includes many top-tier universities and research institutions, where all four major North American wireless carriers have their headquarters. This article will explore the top technologies available from or in Dallas, TX.
1) AT&T
AT&T is the world’s largest telecommunications company and offers many products that revolve around technology. AT&T has a great presence in Dallas, including their headquarters located at One AT & T Plaza, located just east of downtown near Victory Park. In addition to their headquarters, AT&T also has many buildings throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth area that are utilized for different purposes, including data centers.
2) Apple
Apple is one of the biggest names in technology, and they have a presence in Dallas. They are located on North Central Expressway, about nine miles north of downtown near LBJ Freeway. The data center industry has grown rapidly over the past decade, with many companies building massive facilities to house their servers that store all company digital information. Data centers require a lot of power and the city of Dallas is very strong in this area. The availability of low-cost electricity, combined with its central location within one day’s drive of 40% of the U.S. population, has made North Texas an ideal location for many companies looking to build their own data center facility.
3) Cisco Systems
Cisco is a multinational company that specializes in telecommunications and data networking. Cisco has its main North American headquarters located in San Jose, California. Still, they also have a large presence here at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport area and many other locations throughout the city. They are one of the biggest employers headquartered in Dallas, with over 11,000 employees.
The Dallas/Fort Worth area has many Internet service providers, which are companies that provide individuals and businesses access to the internet via various technologies, including fiber-optics and coaxial cables. The availability of so many ISPs is one thing that makes Dallas such an attractive location for tech companies as well as data centers because they have a plethora of resources to choose from when it comes to bandwidth.
4) Google Fiber
Google’s mission is to connect the world, and they are doing that by providing high-speed internet access. They currently provide gigabit fiber networks in seven U.S. cities, including Austin, TX; Provo, Utah; Kansas City, MO/KS; Atlanta, GA; Nashville, TN; Charlotte, NC, and Raleigh–Durham (Triangle) N.C. They have plans to build more networks in several markets, including Dallas, TX, and they are already on their way! Google Fiber announced its plan to bring service here in January 2015, with the first neighborhoods expected online by mid-2017.
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