Technology giant Google has signed a lease for a 1.1-million-square-foot warehouse in Fort Worth.
The company’s warehouse will be located in the Majestic Silver Creek Business Park on the west side of Loop 820 at Silver Creek Road, according to the Dallas Business Journal.
The 520-acre park was designed by Majestic Realty, as previously reported by The Dallas Express. It is the realty company’s second major property in the area. It developed the 320-acre Majestic Fort Worth South Business Park in 2017.
This is Google’s second large lease in the Dallas-Fort Worth area after it announced in August that it plans to invest over $1 billion in Texas this year to expand cloud and data center capabilities.
The company aimed to enhance its data center campuses in Red Oak and Midlothian, investing nearly $600 million in the Red Oak data center.
Google also signed a lease in Denton for a $20.2 million project titled “Project Beast.” The building is more than 1 million square feet and is located in Northlake 35 Logistics Park.
The two leases are among the top five largest signed in Texas this year, the Dallas Business Journal reports.
Google first established its presence in Texas in 2007, and has since expanded to Dallas, Austin, and Houston.
Since establishing a presence in Texas in 2007, Google has expanded its footprint with offices in Dallas, Austin, and Houston. The company reported generating $47 billion in “economic activity” across the state last year.
Despite its major growth, the company has faced challenges along the way. The tech giant has been in a years-long legal battle with Attorney General Ken Paxton after he sued Google for “maintaining a monopoly over general internet search and text-based advertisements.”
In August, a U.S. District Court ruled that Google’s anticompetitive business practices and online monopoly violate the Sherman Act, a federal antitrust law.
Dallas-Fort Worth has become an emerging leader in tech nationwide. Earlier this year, a nationwide analysis named Plano and Frisco among the top ten best cities for tech workers and students, as covered by The Dallas Express.
In addition to Google, Walmart has shifted its attention to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, shutting down its drone delivery services in three states to focus on Dallas.
