Former Compaq Campus Files $9.3M Data Center Power Platform

Morales Capital Group registered a $9.3 million electrical equipment platform at its Viva Center data center campus in northwest Houston, according to a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing recorded Oct. 14, 2026. The filing, made under the entity MFI HPE CCM7 LLC, calls for three elevated platforms holding transformers, switchgear and tap boxes on an 11,204 sq ft footprint at 27816 Jones Road and 11445 Compaq Center Drive, the former Hewlett Packard Enterprise campus Morales bought in 2022. The scope of work notes the private funds come from the tenant.

Why it matters

The TDLR record names only “MFI HPE CCM7 LLC” as owner, with no mention of Viva Center or the data center conversion underway across the 2.3 million sq ft, 66-acre campus. Matching the filing address against public reporting on Morales Capital Group’s 2022 purchase and its push into AI-focused data center capacity identifies the project: another piece of the electrical buildout feeding Houston data center capacity, alongside the $3.895 billion Serverfarm credit facility financing builds elsewhere in the market. For a reader tracking Houston power and data center capacity, filings like this one under unlabeled LLCs are often the earliest public signal of where that buildout is actually landing.

The numbers

• $9.3 million estimated cost, filed Oct. 14, 2026
• 11,204 sq ft footprint across three elevated platforms (transformer, switchgear, tap boxes)
• Architect of record: Corgan, Houston
• Start date Nov. 2, 2026, completion targeted May 31, 2027
• Part of a campus Morales Capital Group’s data center subsidiary, VivaVerse Solutions, has targeted for up to 250 megawatts at full buildout, backed by a $40 million C-PACE loan covering the first retrofit phase

What’s next

The platform’s targeted May 2027 completion lines up with the first retrofit phase VivaVerse described in prior reporting as roughly half finished. Additional TABS filings tied to Compaq Center W. Drive or Jones Road addresses would mark further phases of the buildout; Harris County deed records and future TDLR filings under Morales-linked entities are the next primary sources to watch for how much of the 2.3 million sq ft campus converts to data center use.