Plastic Surgeon in Mansfield, TX

Initial capacity is anticipated to be available as early as Q4 2025 providing customers with rapid access to critical infrastructure.

Aligned Data Centers is expanding into the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area with a new data center campus in Mansfield.

Aligned’s DFW-03, situated on a 27-acre site with an on-site substation, is strategically positioned to meet rising demand for AI, cloud and enterprise applications. Initial capacity is anticipated to be available as early as Q4 2025 providing customers with rapid access to critical infrastructure.

“The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex provides the ideal foundation for Aligned’s continued expansion,” said Andrew Schaap, CEO, Aligned.

“We are thrilled to bring our innovative data center solutions to Mansfield. Our focus will be on delivering the high-performance infrastructure our customers require to power their AI / cloud workloads and support the highest-density GPUs, with near-term power availability.”

Aligned is strategically positioned to lead the next phase of data center development. With over a decade of innovation in cooling technologies and 5,000+ MW of future capacity, the company is uniquely equipped to deliver the speed, scale and quality of infrastructure customers require to succeed in this rapidly evolving landscape.

Aligned’s DFW-03 leverages Aligned’s proven adaptive modular infrastructure, accelerating deployments through prefabrication of components and on-site delivery of critical equipment.

This flexible design approach minimizes cost and risk while enhancing sustainability and quality. It also empowers customers with the flexibility to optimize their deployments for various workloads, including AI, cloud, and enterprise applications, by tailoring density, resiliency, and redundancy.

The data center also features Aligned’s proprietary, award-winning air and liquid cooling technologies, enabling customers to easily transition from air-cooled to liquid-cooled systems, or deploy hybrid cooling within the same data hall, to accommodate densities upwards of 350 kW per rack.

As part of Aligned’s longstanding commitment to environmental and community stewardship, the company also established the Roots for the Future Fund in partnership with the City of Mansfield. This fund supports city beautification as well as the planting of native trees in the local area, providing shade, improving air quality, and enhancing the overall sustainability of the community.

“Aligned Data Centers has continued to show that it’s more than a business with a location in Mansfield,” said City of Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans.

“With the Roots for the Future Fund, the company is adding another stitch to the fabric of Mansfield as a neighbor and community leader.”

“We are incredibly grateful for the collaborative spirit of the City of Mansfield as well as the warm welcome we’ve received from the Mansfield community. This partnership has been instrumental in bringing this project to fruition. Aligned is committed to being a responsible corporate citizen and looks forward to our continued collaboration with the community to support local initiatives and contribute to the continued growth, prosperity and sustainability of the region,” said Schaap.

A punk singer’s performance at a Mansfield sports bar has been canceled after backlash from some residents over his ties to the Proud Boys, a far-right nationalist group.

Michale Graves, former lead singer for the Misfits, was scheduled to perform on April 11 at Fat Daddy’s, which cited “unforeseen circumstances” in its decision to cancel.

“We understand this news may come as a disappointment to some, and we appreciate the input and feedback we have received from our community,” the venue wrote in a post Monday on Facebook.

“Our goal has always been to provide a welcoming, enjoyable space for live music, great entertainment, and good times. While we strive to remain neutral in all things, we also want to ensure that our staff, customers, and performers feel comfortable and free from harassment.”

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Braili Tomah, director of retail operations for the bar’s parent company, AngMar Retail Group, told The Dallas Morning News in a Thursday email that “we did not want to cancel him at all.”

“We were only trying to protect our staff, including myself, from the harassment,” Tomah said, adding that she had received calls from people unhappy about the concert.

Graves performed at a Jan. 6, 2021, rally in Washington, D.C., and was going to play later that day for Proud Boys members at an Airbnb, he recently told The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

He also testified on behalf of the Proud Boys at their 2023 sedition trial in connection to the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, Reuters reported. The group’s former leader, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, and other members were accused of plotting to use force to prevent the transfer of presidential power.

Civil rights organizations have described the Proud Boys as a hate group. The Anti-Defamation League says the group “serves as a tent for misogynistic, anti-immigrant, Islamophobic and anti-LGBTQ+ ideologies and other forms of hate — including antisemitism and white supremacy — that oppose progressivism, feminism, multiculturalism and ‘woke’ ideology.”

Graves’ response

When reached for comment on the canceled Mansfield performance, Graves said in an email Wednesday that his connections to the Proud Boys are irrelevant.

“I haven’t done anything wrong at all. I have become a symbol of all the bad things these people think they are fighting,” he said, referring to his critics.

According to his website, Graves is on an acoustic tour. Several of his concerts have been canceled over complaints about his connections to the Proud Boys, including a recent show in Pittsburgh.

“I have lost tens of thousands of dollars because of this. They contact venues and make up lies about me and harass and threaten people until they capitulate to the demands of these lunatics,” Graves told The News.

Last month, Graves spoke to The Post-Gazette of Pittsburgh about drawing ire over his association with the Proud Boys. “I’m not a Nazi. I’m not a hateful person,” he told the newspaper.

“There’s no coordinated effort to stamp out people who are different,” he said of the Proud Boys. “That’s not going on. I would immediately distance myself from it and call it out wherever I saw it.”

Meanwhile, in Mansfield, cancellation of Graves’ concert has stirred debate about what to some appears to be an example of cancel culture and to others a stand against hateful views.

Area resident Donna Seibert had no plans to attend the concert. “It’s not my thing,” said the 61-year-old, who had seen a Facebook post about the concert’s removal on a page called The Rational Side of Mansfield. She said she sees the cancellation as a form of censorship.

“If you don’t agree, then you don’t go see them,” she said, adding “there are people that like his music and that aren’t white supremacist.”

Brandon Brady, 40, another area resident, runs the Rational Mansfield page, which he said he started to promote transparency around issues affecting the school district and neighborhood at large.

“I actually know the Misfits from when I was a teenager,” Brady said. “That’s the kind of music I listened to.”

But in recent years, he said, he has observed Graves’ far-right connections and didn’t want Mansfield to attract a negative reputation by hosting him.

“When I start to see a business normalizing white supremacy … I had no choice but to say, ‘Absolutely not,’” he said.

“I’m holding venues accountable for platforming hate. ... It’s not about silencing opposing views.”

The news comes the same day Lake Ridge, which is ranked third in the state, was set to play in a regional semifinal game against Flower Mound Marcus.

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MANSFIELD, Texas — Mansfield’s decorated Lake Ridge boys basketball team won’t participate in the playoffs after inadvertently allowing an ineligible player to play during their area championship win over El Paso Eastlake Friday, Mansfield ISD confirmed.

Lake Ridge, which is ranked 22nd in the nation and third in the state by MaxPreps, was scheduled to play Flower Mound Marcus in the Class 6A Division I regional semifinal game Tuesday night, but the school district confirmed the game is canceled. Tonight, Flower Mound Marcus will await the winner of tonight's game between North Crowley and Allen.

Mansfield ISD said in a statement that the district was made aware that the ineligible player participated in the Friday game Tuesday morning and self-reported the incident to the University Interscholastic League (UIL).

“Per the UIL Constitution and Contest rules, the minimum requirement is to forfeit that game and withdraw from playoff competition. In cooperation with the UIL, that is what MISD has elected to do,” Mansfield ISD said in a statement. “Mansfield ISD and its Athletics Department values and strives to uphold all UIL rules and regulations and regrets the impact of this situation on our student athletes, their families, and the community.”

More details about the reason the player was ineligible or how the player was able to participate in the game against Eastlake weren’t immediately available.

Lake Ridge had beat East Lake 71-35 Friday to advance to the regional semifinal game, according to the Lake Ridge boys basketball team’s social media page.

#3 Mansfield Lake Ridge claim the Area Championship vs El Paso Eastlake 71-35!Top Performers:@PackThePG @ezenwanwakamma_ @Roman2_2027 pic.twitter.com/OmUFZblJqJ

— Lake Ridge Boys Basketball (@LakeRidgeHoops) February 22, 2025

WFAA has reached out to UIL for comment. They responded in a statement saying, "UIL can confirm that Mansfield ISD self-reported the participation of an ineligible player in the area playoff game against El Paso Eastlake that took place on Friday, February 21. Per the UIL Constitution & Contest Rules, the minimum penalty for this violation is forfeiture of the game. As a result of the forfeiture, the Mansfield Lake Ridge boys basketball team has withdrawn from the UIL state basketball playoffs."

This story will be updated as additional information becomes available.

Campaign yard signs will soon start springing up across Mansfield for the May 3 election.

Three seats on Mansfield’s seven-member City Council, including its mayor, will be on the ballot in contested races.

City Council members are elected at large, meaning the whole city votes for them. Council members each serve four-year terms.

Mark your calendar for these key voting dates:

April 3: Last day to register to vote

April 22: Last day to apply for a mail-in ballot

April 22: Early voting begins

April 29: Early voting ends

May 3: Election Day

You may check your voter registration status here.

Here are the candidates on the ballot:

Incumbent Michael Evans, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, has held the position since December 2020, when he won a runoff election after the Nov. 3 general election.

He faces current Place 5 City Council member Julie Short, who owns a real estate company and has served on council since 2018.

Incumbent Tamera Bounds, a physical therapist and rehabilitation director, has held the seat since her election in November 2020.

Lori Williams, president and CEO of the Mansfield Area Chamber of Commerce, is challenging Bounds.

Place 5:

Four candidates are currently running in the special election to fill the seat left open by incumbent Julie Short, who is running for mayor. The deadline to file for the election is March 3.

Drew Shaw is a reporting fellow for the Arlington Report. Contact him at [email protected] or @shawlings601.

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Data center-focused Aligned, a Plano-based global company, is marking an expansion of its presence in Dallas-Fort Worth with a new facility on a 27-acre site in Mansfield.

Aligned said it offers innovative, sustainable and adaptive scale data centers and build-to-scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers.

“The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex provides the ideal foundation for Aligned’s continued expansion,” CEO Andrew Schaap said. “We are thrilled to bring our innovative data center solutions to Mansfield. Our focus will be on delivering the high-performance infrastructure our customers require to power their AI/cloud workloads and support the highest-density GPUs, with near-term power availability.”

The new data center campus, Aligned’s DFW-03, will have an on-site substation and is strategically located to meet rising demand for AI, cloud and enterprise applications, Aligned said. According to the city, the new data center will be at 3801 Britton Road near State Highway 360. The company said the initial capacity is anticipated to be available as early as the fourth quarter of this year.

Aligned has more than a decade of innovation in cooling technologies and 5,000-plus megawatts of future capacity. The company said its flexible design approach minimizes cost and risk while enhancing sustainability and quality.

That approach, Aligned said, also empowers customers with the flexibility to optimize their deployments for various workloads, including AI, cloud and enterprise applications, by tailoring density, resiliency and redundancy.

The new data center also features Aligned proprietary air and liquid cooling technologies, enabling customers to easily transition from air-cooled to liquid-cooled systems, or deploy hybrid cooling within the same data hall, accommodating densities upward of 350 kilowatts per rack.

Aligned announced it established the Roots for the Future Fund in partnership with the city of Mansfield as part of the company’s commitment to environmental and community stewardship. Aligned said that fund supports the planting of native trees in the local area, providing shade, improving air quality and enhancing overall sustainability and beauty of the community.

“Aligned Data Centers has continued to show that it’s more than a business with a location in Mansfield,” Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans said. “With the Roots for the Future Fund, the company is adding another stitch to the fabric of Mansfield as a neighbor and community leader.”

Schaap lauded the relationship the city has developed with Aligned, which was “instrumental” in bringing the project to fruition.

“Aligned is committed to being a responsible corporate citizen and looks forward to our continued collaboration with the community to support local initiatives and contribute to the continued growth, prosperity and sustainability of the region,” Schaap said.

In January, Aligned announced it had completed another round of capital, raising more than $5 billion of new primary equity and more than $7 billion of new debt commitments to fund “accelerated platform expansion and ongoing innovation.”

The company said the funding will accelerate development of its planned future capacity across the Americas, positioning Aligned to meet surging demand for AI-ready infrastructure.

Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 21, 2025, with the anticipated location of the data center.

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