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What We Build Mission Critical

Our approach to quality and commissioning ensures our customers receive a facility that operates 24/7, 365 days a year. 

DPR consistently ranks among the top five mission critical and data center facility builders in the country for a reason. Our dedicated data center teams know that speed to market is essential in this sector, but we also couple our agility with cost and schedule predictability that our clients can count on. By leveraging our preconstruction expertise, from site selection to cost modeling, we help advanced technology clients make strategic and informed decisions for their mission critical construction projects.

Mission Critical Expertise

Mission Critical Local/Global Projects

The relentless pace of technology for mission critical facility builders requires us to be nimble. DPR has expert technical teams that operate in high demand data center markets adjacent to our office locations while also providing a technical traveling team to handle remote work for the right projects. 

Photo: Confidential Colocation Data Center, Ashburn, VA

Confidential Colocation Data Center Lobby

Technical Experts

We help companies with mission critical construction projects of all shapes and sizes, including ground up greenfield projects delivering traditional compute densities, cloud, neocloud, and AI infrastructure Leveraging our small project capabilities (SSG) with our technical live environment knowledge DPR also delivers retrofit, power and cooling upgrades, small scale data center renovations. Engaging DPR early in the process provides our customers the opportunity to benefit from preconstruction, prefabrication, sustainability, self-perform work and more. As a company focused on developing key Mechanical, Electrical, and Controls expertise, our team engages to ensure a seamless commissioning phase, from emergency scenario planning to systems performance monitoring.

Photo: Digital Realty FRA12 Data Center, Frankfurt, Germany

Digital Realty FRA12 Data Center Rooftop

Mission Critical Facilities Uptime

DPR supports customers across all Uptime Institute Standards Tier Ratings. Aligning with project requirements, SLA's, end user needs while balancing cost and schedule impacts is the key focus of our preconstruction teams abilities to deliver and support key strategic decision making.

Photo: Facebook Prineville Data Center, Prineville, OR

Facebook Prineville Data Center Server Room
Confidential Colocation Data Center Lobby

Mission Critical Local/Global Projects

The relentless pace of technology for mission critical facility builders requires us to be nimble. DPR has expert technical teams that operate in high demand data center markets adjacent to our office locations while also providing a technical traveling team to handle remote work for the right projects. 

Photo: Confidential Colocation Data Center, Ashburn, VA

Digital Realty FRA12 Data Center Rooftop

Technical Experts

We help companies with mission critical construction projects of all shapes and sizes, including ground up greenfield projects delivering traditional compute densities, cloud, neocloud, and AI infrastructure Leveraging our small project capabilities (SSG) with our technical live environment knowledge DPR also delivers retrofit, power and cooling upgrades, small scale data center renovations. Engaging DPR early in the process provides our customers the opportunity to benefit from preconstruction, prefabrication, sustainability, self-perform work and more. As a company focused on developing key Mechanical, Electrical, and Controls expertise, our team engages to ensure a seamless commissioning phase, from emergency scenario planning to systems performance monitoring.

Photo: Digital Realty FRA12 Data Center, Frankfurt, Germany

Facebook Prineville Data Center Server Room

Mission Critical Facilities Uptime

DPR supports customers across all Uptime Institute Standards Tier Ratings. Aligning with project requirements, SLA's, end user needs while balancing cost and schedule impacts is the key focus of our preconstruction teams abilities to deliver and support key strategic decision making.

Photo: Facebook Prineville Data Center, Prineville, OR

By the Numbers

2,716

Mission Critical

Since it’s founding in 1990, DPR has worked on 2,716 mission critical projects.

Data Center

In 2024, 31% of DPR’s overall company revenue was attributed to mission critical work.

Mission Critical

In the past five years, 96% of DPR’s mission critical work was with repeat customers.

202

Design-Build Work

DPR has worked on 202 design-build mission critical projects.

DPR exemplifies what we look for in a contractor, with a long history of high performance even on the most technically challenging projects. It’s nice to work with a partner whom we know aligns with our priorities,  goals, and has a common definition of success.

Daniel Kingman

Senior Director of Construction, Digital Realty

Industry Recognition

Rankings & Recognition

#4

Data Centers

2025

ENR Sourcebook
Consistently ranked in ENR top 5 since 2016

#4

Telecommunications

2026

ENR Sourcebook
Consistently ranked in ENR top 5 since 2016

#2

Industrial Process

2026

ENR Sourcebook
Consistently ranked in ENR top 5 since 2017

Mission Critical Construction Project Awards

Data Center Dynamics Global Awards

North American Data Center Project of the Year (2025)

Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center Campus | Abilene, TX

NJ Alliance for Action

Distinguished Engineering Award (2025)

CoreSite NY3 Data Center (Phase 1) | Secaucus, NJ

Northern Virginia Technology Council

Construction Project Award (2024)

ABX-1 Data Center | Ashburn, VA

Vantage Data Center

Vision Zero Award for North America (2023)

DPR's Vantage Data Center teams in California and Washington

Photo: Rendering courtesy of Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects

Engineering News-Record

ENR California Best Manufacturing Project Award of Merit (2021)

Vantage Data Centers CA2 Campus, Phases 1 & 2 | Santa Clara, CA

American Institute of Architects

AIA Design Excellence Award (2020)

Facebook Fort Worth Data Center | Fort Worth, TX

Aerial view of a large-scale project with multiple structures under construction
Exterior view of the NY3 data center
View of a building with glass entry and sky in background
Exterior of building
inside of data center room
Mission Critical Construction

Project Awards

Aerial view of a large-scale project with multiple structures under construction
Data Center Dynamics Global Awards

North American Data Center Project of the Year (2025)

Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center Campus | Abilene, TX

Exterior view of the NY3 data center
NJ Alliance for Action

Distinguished Engineering Award (2025)

CoreSite NY3 Data Center (Phase 1) | Secaucus, NJ

View of a building with glass entry and sky in background
Northern Virginia Technology Council

Construction Project Award (2024)

ABX-1 Data Center | Ashburn, VA

Vantage Data Center

Vision Zero Award for North America (2023)

DPR's Vantage Data Center teams in California and Washington

Photo: Rendering courtesy of Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects

Exterior of building
Engineering News-Record

ENR California Best Manufacturing Project Award of Merit (2021)

Vantage Data Centers CA2 Campus, Phases 1 & 2 | Santa Clara, CA

inside of data center room
American Institute of Architects

AIA Design Excellence Award (2020)

Facebook Fort Worth Data Center | Fort Worth, TX

Project Types

Mission Critical Our Experience

  • Aisle of computer server racks

    Training, Inference, Supercompute

    Built for extreme compute, density and power demands, these facilities support training, inference and high-performance workloads. DPR brings experience coordinating advanced cooling, resilient and alternative power systems, and fast-track delivery leveraging prefabrication strategies to help clients scale capacity while maintaining long-term reliability and operational flexibility.

    Facebook Prineville Data Center. Photo courtesy of Facebook

  • Exterior view of the NY3 data center

    Hyperscale, Enterprise, Wholesale, Build-to-Suit

    Designed to deliver capacity at scale, these facilities support hyperscale, enterprise and developer-built platforms. DPR helps clients achieve speed to market through repeatable execution, disciplined planning and deep coordination across teams, while maintaining the quality, efficiency and uptime required for critical cloud operations.

    CoreSite – NY3 Data Center (Phase One)

  • Hyperscale, Cloud, Multi-Tenant, Start-Up, Research, AI

    These projects demand flexibility, precision and careful integration of shared infrastructure. DPR understands the challenges of phased delivery, concurrent commissioning and tenant driven customization. We help owners deliver secure, scalable facilities that balance rapid deployment with long term adaptability and operational certainty.

    Digital Realty Wilhelm Fay Strasse, Building 3

  • Interior office space with workstations and large tvs.

    SCIF, Command Centers, Network Operations, Emergency Dispatch, Call Centers

    These facilities support high consequence operations where reliability, security and performance are essential. From SCIFs within data halls and command centers to emergency dispatch, network operations centers and call centers, DPR brings proven processes and trusted partnerships to deliver resilient environments that perform under constant demand.

    American Red Cross Emergency Operations Center

I’ve had the pleasure of working with DPR on multiple jobs all over the country. Everywhere you go, you find the same level of commitment, the same type of teams as far as the culture, urgency and commitment. That’s what I like about DPR – they always bring solutions, not problems.

Chip Scaglione

Program Manager, Design & Construction, QTS Data Centers

Meet Our Leadership
Global Leadership in Mission Critical Construction
Line drawing of a data center hall.
who we are

Christopher Gorthy

Advanced Technology Core Market Leader: Mission Critical

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