The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (DFW) Metropolitan area has been lauded as the top tech hub in North America, surpassing Washington, D.C. according to the 2026 North American Tech Hub Index.
Last year, the DFW area occupied the No. 2 slot on the list, beating out other prominent tech hubs such as Atlanta, San Francisco and New York. The region’s rise to the top of the ranking can be attributed to the area’s economic strength and development as a financial capital of the nation, further bolstered by an increased interest in building infrastructure to support these developments.
The index, which is published by Site Selection magazine, draws from four databases to plot out which of America’s largest cities stand at the apex of technological innovation and exploration. The process cross-referenced granular tech infrastructure data – internet exchanges, dark fiber, undersea cable connectivity and other variants – with tech talent metrics, leveraging those with corporate facility project numbers from tech-aligned industry sectors to determine the ranking. Sources and weighted criteria referenced during the process include:
- Market Connectivity Score – data center development, internet exchanges, cloud regions, subsea cables, etc.
- Tech Employment.
- Tech Job Growth 2024/2025.
- Site Selection.
- Projects since January 2024 in tech-affiliated NAICS codes – software, IT, data centers, etc.
- Projects per capita.
- Jobs and capex affiliated with those projects.
- CBRE 2025 Tech Talen Scorecard Data for the top 50 markets.
Of the 25 cities included in the list, DFW wasn’t the only representative from Texas rising in the ranking. Metro Austin takes up the seventh spot this year, while Houston made a huge leap from No. 16 to No. 10. San Antonio ranked 22, dropping four places compared to 2025.
DFW’s success as a tech hub can largely be attributed to its rapidly growing financial and tech infrastructure sectors. The city’s “Y’All Street” has gained traction as Texas’ answer to Wall Street, amplifying its role as an economic driver within a booming financial industry and business-friendly environment.
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