Plano North - January 2026

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BY JACQUELYN BURRER

AT&T HQ to move to Plano

AT&T is planning to relocate its global headquarters to a new 54-acre campus in Plano’s Legacy District, according to a Jan. 5 announcement shared with employees by CEO John Stankey. The new headquarters will be located at 5400 Legacy Drive, which is part of the former Ross Perot Electronic Data Systems campus at the intersection of Parkwood Boulevard and Legacy Drive. The city of Plano and developer NexPoint were in the process of redeveloping the site as the Texas Research Quarter, a planned life sciences and innovation district. What you need to know In a statement provided to Com- munity Impact , AT&T conrmed the decision follows nearly a year of planning and evaluation. “This location will provide us with the necessary room to cost eectively consolidate all Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex administrative space, including our three largest locations in Central Dallas, Plano and Irving, and create a corporate campus designed for collaboration, inno- vation and engagement,” Stankey said in the statement. Stankey said the campus will be built to accommodate evolving workplace needs while maintain- ing AT&T’s long-term presence in North Texas. “The nature of the company and our work have both evolved signicantly since we moved our headquarters to Dallas in 2008,” Stankey said. “What hasn’t

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changed is our belief and con- dence in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex as the right place to operate a thriving multinational corporation.” Some context The site was originally devel- oped in 1985 as the headquarters for Ross Perot’s Electronic Data Systems, a project that helped transform northwest Plano into a national business hub. While the surrounding Legacy area has grown into more than 2,500 acres of retail and corporate development, the original EDS campus has remained vacant for more than six years. Mayor John Muns said in a statement AT&T will bring “fresh momentum” to the Legacy area. What’s next Stankey said AT&T is targeting to partially move into the new site by the mid-2028. According to the city’s zoning website, the EDS campus will go before the Planning and Zoning Commission Feb. 2 for a zoning change from a planned develop- ment to commercial employment.

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