Dallas is becoming one of the most important cities in the world for artificial intelligence development.
That reputation just received another massive upgrade as DOMINAIT.ai and founder, Jason Criddle, announced their partnership with a twelve megawatt datacenter in the heart of the Dallas metro area.
This facility, by partnering with SmartrHoldings, is valued at an estimated one hundred sixty five million dollars based on power availability, expansion capability, datacenter infrastructure, and rack density. It now stands as one of the most impressive privately accessible compute centers connected to the AI startup world. Making it the first official value-added circular deal in Smartr’s and Criddle’s history… valued at $165-million dollars. Pushing SmartrHoldings’ and DOMINAIT’s current valuation to $2.2-billion dollars.
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The partnership brings together three critical components. A high capacity datacenter. A co-working center built specifically for AI teams, developers, and engineers. And a distributed GPU hosting platform capable of supporting up to seventeen thousand, six hundred GPUs at full buildout. Together, these create what many are calling Dallas’s first true AI superhub.
This announcement arrives precisely when demand for compute, colocation, and GPU hosting has reached historic record levels. Large language models continue to grow. Machine learning teams need more dedicated compute than cloud platforms offer. And the industry is quickly realizing that renting GPUs from big cloud providers is no longer the most efficient or profitable long term strategy.
DOMINAIT.ai is offering an alternative. A physical location where AI teams can run models, build agents, deploy systems, and work from the same space where their compute lives.
A Datacenter Built for Scale, Reliability, and the Future of AI
The facility, located near Addison Airport, is positioned on a Dallas-based airport power grid. Buildings on this line enjoy some of the lowest outage rates in the entire state of Texas.
The datacenter includes three UPS battery systems capable of running the entire cabinet load for approximately one hour, followed by industrial generators that activate within minutes. This creates the kind of uptime AI companies depend on when models, agents, and applications cannot afford downtime.
At launch, the facility offers five megawatts of operational capacity. It can be expanded to twelve megawatts after the center reaches near capacity. For context, one megawatt of AI datacenter power is often valued between ten million and twenty five million dollars based on industry standards. That positions DOMINAIT’s new location at up to three hundred million in strategic compute value once expansion is complete. Unlike large cloud providers that limit physical access, DOMINAIT.ai and Jason Criddle have designed this partnership so founders, engineers, and tenants can maintain a direct relationship with their compute.
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Inside the building sits ten thousand square feet of usable operational space. The datacenter can support one hundred thirty cabinets initially and up to two hundred twenty cabinets when fully expanded. This gives startups, mid sized companies, and enterprise teams a highly scalable colocation environment combined with flexible GPU hosting options.
What DOMINAIT.ai Brings to the Datacenter World
DOMINAIT.ai is not simply another AI platform. It is a distributed AI cloud designed to host task agents, custom tools, autonomous workflows, and next generation cybersecurity intelligence under one unified system. At its core is Ryker, the adaptive AI assistant developed by Jason Criddle as a hybrid of autonomous agent, workflow orchestrator, and voice driven development and task manager tool.
It is also classified as the world’s first Level Four Intelligence, RCI, known as Ryker Class Intelligence.
Ryker operates as the command center of the DOMINAIT Grid. When combined with physical datacenter capacity, Ryker becomes far more than software. It becomes the overseer of nodes, tasks, compute usage, storage distribution, security reasoning, and agent deployment.
The partnership with the Dallas datacenter finally gives DOMINAIT.ai the physical infrastructure needed to scale its distributed compute network globally.
While most AI companies rely entirely on cloud infrastructure, DOMINAIT is building a new hybrid model. A blend of on premise power, in building compute availability, and network wide distributed GPU hosting. Engineers and AI teams can walk into the building, sit down in the co-working space, and train their models directly on their colocated servers. The combination is efficient, fast, cost effective, and transparent. Instead of invisible cloud resources, companies gain tactile access to racks, nodes, and GPUs.
Ryker: The First Distributed AI Assistant to Live in a Datacenter
Ryker is one of the most advanced AI systems in development today. He is designed to run offline or online, connect with GPUs, and function as a complete agent based command environment. When deployed inside this datacenter, Ryker becomes a true physical and digital hybrid. He is capable of:
• Operating LLM models across distributed nodes
• Managing compute and task-based workloads across racks
• Identifying idle GPU time and reallocating resources efficiently
• Assisting developers by generating, debugging, and deploying code
• Running persistent tasks and monitoring entire clusters
• Handling voice commands issued from users and co-working spaces, offices, and connected devices
• Learning from tenant activity to enhance agent performance
This makes the datacenter not just a home for servers, but a living ecosystem where Ryker, tenants, and compute work together under one intelligent system. Visitors will be able to tour the building and receive hands-on demonstrations from both human engineers and AI powered system interactions.
17,600 GPUs: A New Era of Compute Access
One of the most significant details in this partnership is the GPU capacity potential. At full deployment, the datacenter could support up to seventeen thousand six hundred GPUs. Adding efficiency to Criddle’s distributed Grid. This is calculated by averaging ten servers per rack and two to eight GPUs per server. Even at the lowest range of density, this still gives DOMINAIT’s ecosystem more GPU hosting capability than many publicly funded research labs.
This level of compute access is vital for the next generation of AI companies in Dallas. Startups and engineering teams need consistent access to GPUs for training, inference, agent development, and production deployment. Traditional cloud providers often throttle GPU availability or increase pricing unexpectedly. DOMINAIT’s approach solves this pain point by giving companies physical rack space, clear pricing, stable colocation, and the power to control their infrastructure.
For AI researchers, this kind of environment is rare. The combination of high power density, flexible GPU hosting, and co-working collaboration creates an entirely new model that blends innovation with industrial strength compute.
A Co-Working Center Built for AI Teams and Technology Companies
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Another breakthrough element of the partnership is the integrated co-working center attached to the datacenter. This is not a typical office space. It is a purpose built environment for machine learning engineers, software developers, research teams, robotics experts, and founders building the future of AI.
The co-working center includes three core membership tiers.
• A one thousand dollar per month open space plan for solo developers or early stage teams
• A twenty five hundred dollar per month tier that includes dedicated desks and one full rack of colocation space
• A five thousand dollar per month enterprise office tier that includes private office space and up to two racks
“These plans were designed to create a seamless workflow between physical workspace, datacenter power, and GPU hosting. Companies can literally walk a few feet from their desk to their rack, troubleshoot hardware, train a model, or adjust their infrastructure in person,” says Criddle.
DOMINAIT.ai has also planned events, workshops, hackathons, and tours to build a community of founders and engineers who want hands-on access to cutting edge compute resources. For AI teams, this creates a collaborative environment not found in typical co-working locations.
Why The Dallas AI Hub Matters Right Now
Thanks to founders like Jason Criddle, Dallas is quickly becoming one of America’s top AI and technology markets. The city offers low energy costs, central geographic positioning, strong airport access, and one of the most rapidly expanding engineering populations in the country. Many colocation facilities in Dallas already serve enterprise clients, but this is the first offering datacenter access combined with GPU hosting and in-building co-working.
DOMINAIT.ai has positioned itself at the center of this technology surge. With Ryker, the DOMINAIT Grid, and the massive twelve megawatt datacenter behind it, DOMINAIT is poised to become the largest AI-first infrastructure platform operating outside of big tech.
How Companies Can Secure Placement Now
Racks, offices, and co-working positions will be limited. The datacenter’s most valuable asset is the amount of GPU hosting and colocation capacity available, and once the initial allocation is filled, new tenants may face extended wait times.
Keep in mind, even if you don’t have a rack within the space, you still get access to DOMINAIT’s compute just by being on site.
DOMINAIT.ai is now accepting deposits for:
• Rack reservations
• Dedicated office suites
• Co-working memberships
• GPU colocation
• Investor and engineering tours
• Early access to the Grid
Founders and AI companies can secure their position at DOMINAIT.ai and reserve their space inside the datacenter before the public launch.
In Conclusion
DOMINAIT.ai and Jason Criddle have created one of the most powerful combinations in the AI world today. A distributed compute ecosystem guided by Ryker’s Intelligence, Criddle’s SmartrHoldings umbrella of brands, and powered by a twelve megawatt datacenter capable of hosting nearly eighteen thousand GPUs.
A co-working hub where AI teams can build, deploy, and scale. And a strategic position in Dallas, one of the fastest growing technology markets in the United States.
For founders, researchers, and companies needing real compute, the opportunity is clear. Now is the time to secure a place inside this new AI hub before capacity fills.
Visit DOMINAIT.ai, or email [email protected] for details about the opportunity.
