$3B Rowan Project Temple Data Center Campus Needs 10 Low Voltage Systems

Rowan Digital Infrastructure closed nearly $3 billion in green construction financing — the largest deal in company history — for Project Temple, a 300 MW turnkey hyperscale data center campus in Temple, Texas. Construction is underway on a 707-acre site with a 1 million square foot first building, and all ten core low voltage systems are in play, with an estimated LV opportunity of roughly $120 million.

Project Overview

Project Temple sits northeast of Bob White Road and Lorraine Avenue in Temple, Bell County — the I-35 corridor between Austin and Waco that has quietly become one of Central Texas's most active industrial development markets. Rowan broke ground on March 2, 2026, and closed the financing on May 27, 2026 under its Green Finance Framework.

• ~$3 billion — construction debt financing, Rowan's largest ever
• 707 acres — full campus footprint, Rowan's largest Texas project
• 300 MW — available power secured through Oncor
• 1,000,000 sq ft — first building now under construction
• Operations expected 2027 — roughly 600 construction jobs, 40+ permanent roles

Rowan builds turnkey campuses to its own sustainability standards and leases them long-term to hyperscale operators; the company says Temple will serve a top global technology company as its long-term customer, though the tenant has not been publicly named. Founded in late 2020, Rowan is backed by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and Blackstone. Like most large data center projects in fast-growing Texas towns, Temple has drawn local scrutiny — regional coverage notes resident concerns and a possible county moratorium discussion — a reminder that community engagement is now part of every campus timeline.

Key Players

Role	Company	Notes
Owner / Developer / Operator	Rowan Digital Infrastructure	Turnkey hyperscale developer; backed by Quinbrook and Blackstone
General Contractor	HITT Contracting	National GC with a dedicated mission-critical practice
Utility	Oncor	300 MW power partnership
Tenant	Undisclosed global technology company	Long-term turnkey lease

For subcontractors, the delivery model matters: turnkey developers like Rowan hand a single GC — here, HITT's mission-critical group — responsibility for trade buyout on compressed, tenant-driven schedules. Reviewed public sources name no low voltage, fiber, security, fire, or BAS package awards for Temple, which puts this campus squarely in active bid territory as the first building climbs out of the ground.

Low Voltage Systems Breakdown

System	Scope at Project Temple	Complexity
Fiber / Outside Plant	Carrier/OSP fiber and campus backbone across 707 acres; I-35 corridor carrier diversity	High
Structured Cabling	1M sq ft first building; data-hall pathways to hyperscale tenant standards	High
Access Control	Perimeter-to-cabinet layered security for an unnamed top-tier tenant	High
CCTV / Video Surveillance	Campus and hall coverage with tenant-grade requirements	High
Fire Alarm / VESDA	Aspirating detection and suppression interfaces across high-density halls	High
BMS / Controls	Sustainability-driven controls scope; power monitoring under a green finance framework	High
Networking	Meet-me rooms and hyperscale fabric support	High
DAS	In-building radio coverage across a 1M sq ft footprint	Medium
Grounding & Bonding	Signal reference grids and lightning protection; commissioning and QA/testing documentation	High

Estimated Low Voltage Value: $120M

The project record carries no pre-computed LV value, so we apply Signal's hyperscale data center benchmark of approximately 4% of construction value for low voltage and structured infrastructure scope. Against the ~$3 billion financed program, that puts the estimated LV opportunity at roughly $120 million across the campus buildout — fiber, cabling, security, fire, controls, grounding, and commissioning packages phased with the first building's 2027 operations target and later Temple phases behind it.

Skills & Certifications

• BICSI RCDD and DCDC — data center design credentials at bid time
• BICSI INSTC/INSTF and FOA CFOT — campus-scale fiber installation and certification
• NICET Fire Alarm Level II+ — VESDA/aspirating and clean-agent experience
• Access control / video manufacturer certs — Genetec, Lenel, Software House, Axis
• IEEE/BICSI grounding and bonding — signal reference grids and lightning protection
• IEC 62443 awareness — BMS/OT cybersecurity, elevated on sustainability-instrumented campuses

Market Signal: The I-35 Corridor Is Texas''s Next Data Center Lane

Dallas–Fort Worth is the #1 data center market on Earth and West Texas is absorbing gigawatt-scale AI campuses — but the I-35 corridor between Austin and Waco is where turnkey developers are now landing: Temple, Belton, San Marcos, and Maxwell all have active or announced campuses. Bell County offers what hyperscalers need — land, Oncor transmission, and municipalities that have pre-designated industrial corridors — one hour from Austin's tech labor market.

For Central Texas low voltage contractors, Project Temple is the anchor opportunity in the region: a financed, under-construction, single-GC campus with no public specialty package awards and a 2027 delivery clock. Firms with data center credentials that get in front of HITT's mission-critical buyout now will be positioned for later Temple phases — Rowan has already closed multiple land deals in the market.

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