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Read PowerPlay AI and Sharon AI Plan 400MW Gas-Powered Data Centre in Texas
PowerPlay AI has unveiled plans for a 400MW behind-the-meter natural gas-powered AI data centre near Abilene, Texas, through a joint venture with neocloud provider Sharon AI. The companies said sit...

PowerPlay AI and Sharon AI Plan 400MW Gas-Powered Data Centre in Texas

July 30, 2026 Texas

PowerPlay AI has unveiled plans for a 400MW behind-the-meter natural gas-powered AI data centre near Abilene, Texas, through a joint venture with neocloud provider Sharon AI. The companies said site planning and land acquisition have been completed, with work now focused on securing gas supply...

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Read Rowan Plans Second Building at Temple, Texas Data Centre Campus
US data centre firm Rowan has filed plans to expand its Temple, Texas campus. The company is proposing AUS02 Building 2 at 1855 Bob White Road in Bell County. The $780 million project will deliver ...

Rowan Plans Second Building at Temple, Texas Data Centre Campus

July 29, 2026 Texas

US data centre firm Rowan has filed plans to expand its Temple, Texas campus. The company is proposing AUS02 Building 2 at 1855 Bob White Road in Bell County. The $780 million project will deliver a 500,000 sq ft (46,451 sqm) single-storey facility. Construction is scheduled from August 2026 to...

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Read Flexential Acquires 110 Acres Near Dallas for 108MW Data Centre Campus
Flexential has acquired 110 acres in Kaufman County, Texas, for its fourth and largest data centre development in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Located in Talty, the first phase will deliver a 375,00...

Flexential Acquires 110 Acres Near Dallas for 108MW Data Centre Campus

July 28, 2026 Texas

Flexential has acquired 110 acres in Kaufman County, Texas, for its fourth and largest data centre development in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Located in Talty, the first phase will deliver a 375,000 sq ft (34,840 sqm) facility with 36MW of capacity, supporting wholesale and multi-tenant...

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Read Lawsuit Targets Vantage, VoltaGrid Over San Antonio Off-Grid Data Centre Project
Several environmental groups have threatened to sue Vantage Data Centers and VoltaGrid over two planned natural gas-powered off-grid data centres near San Antonio, Texas. The Environmental Integrit...

Lawsuit Targets Vantage, VoltaGrid Over San Antonio Off-Grid Data Centre Project

July 24, 2026 Texas

Several environmental groups have threatened to sue Vantage Data Centers and VoltaGrid over two planned natural gas-powered off-grid data centres near San Antonio, Texas. The Environmental Integrity Project, the Sierra Club, and Public Citizen allege the companies failed to obtain the required...

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Read Off-Grid Data Center Planned for Letcher County, Kentucky
A new data center could be coming to Kentucky. WYMT reports that the Appalachian Industrial Development Authority (AIDA) has signed an agreement with Diversified Gas and Oil Corporation and Maveric...

Off-Grid Data Center Planned for Letcher County, Kentucky

July 20, 2026 Kentucky

A new data center could be coming to Kentucky. WYMT reports that the Appalachian Industrial Development Authority (AIDA) has signed an agreement with Diversified Gas and Oil Corporation and Maverick Holdings to potentially acquire a 100-acre site at Gateway Business Park in Letcher County. The...

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Read Stream Proposes 867-Acre Data Center Campus in Graham, Texas
Headwaters Site Development, an affiliate of Stream Data Centers, is planning a data center campus called Project Saltworks on an approximately 890-acre site in Graham, Texas. The proposed developm...

Stream Proposes 867-Acre Data Center Campus in Graham, Texas

July 18, 2026 Texas

Headwaters Site Development, an affiliate of Stream Data Centers, is planning a data center campus called Project Saltworks on an approximately 890-acre site in Graham, Texas. The proposed development would include 15 data center buildings on land south of Lake Graham, near FM 61 and FM 209....

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Read BlackRock GIP and ACS Name Data Center JV Coravel, Secure First Texas Customer
BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and ACS have launched Coravel, a data center platform targeting hyperscalers. Coravel has a 1.7GW development pipeline across the US, Europe, and Au...

BlackRock GIP and ACS Name Data Center JV Coravel, Secure First Texas Customer

July 16, 2026 Texas

BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and ACS have launched Coravel, a data center platform targeting hyperscalers. Coravel has a 1.7GW development pipeline across the US, Europe, and Australia, with 150MW under construction. The company has also signed its first hyperscaler customer...

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Read QTS To Develop 11 Data Centers At Lancium Campus In Hall County, Texas
QTS is set to develop data centers at Lancium’s Clean Campus in Hall County, Texas. The companies plan to invest $10 billion to build up to 11 data center buildings across 465 acres near Turkey, Te...

QTS To Develop 11 Data Centers At Lancium Campus In Hall County, Texas

July 15, 2026 Texas

QTS is set to develop data centers at Lancium’s Clean Campus in Hall County, Texas. The companies plan to invest $10 billion to build up to 11 data center buildings across 465 acres near Turkey, Texas. The site is supported by a 1GW grid connection. “We are excited about the potential to expand...

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Read Mara Acquires 1,200-Acre Texas Site for 2GW Data Center Campus
Cryptocurrency and AI data center developer Mara has agreed to acquire a powered land site in Matagorda County, Texas, from e-fuels company HIF USA. Located about 90 miles (144km) from Houston, the...

Mara Acquires 1,200-Acre Texas Site for 2GW Data Center Campus

July 13, 2026 Texas

Cryptocurrency and AI data center developer Mara has agreed to acquire a powered land site in Matagorda County, Texas, from e-fuels company HIF USA. Located about 90 miles (144km) from Houston, the site covers more than 1,200 acres and is expected to provide up to 1GW of power capacity by October...

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Read HyperDataGrid Eyes New Data Center Development Outside Lufkin, Texas
HyperDataGrid is planning a new data center outside Lufkin, Texas, at the former Northern Chip Mill site on Highway 103 West. The proposed facility would be developed on the 40-acre former timber p...

HyperDataGrid Eyes New Data Center Development Outside Lufkin, Texas

July 10, 2026 Texas

HyperDataGrid is planning a new data center outside Lufkin, Texas, at the former Northern Chip Mill site on Highway 103 West. The proposed facility would be developed on the 40-acre former timber processing site located along Ben Dunn Road. Angelina County Judge Keith Wright said HyperDataGrid...

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Read Plans Filed for 100,000 sq ft Data Center Near Dallas, Texas
Plans have been filed for a new data center near Dallas, Texas. BT Gateway Data Center LLC has proposed a 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sqm) facility outside Royse City, with construction on the $384 millio...

Plans Filed for 100,000 sq ft Data Center Near Dallas, Texas

July 08, 2026 Texas

Plans have been filed for a new data center near Dallas, Texas. BT Gateway Data Center LLC has proposed a 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sqm) facility outside Royse City, with construction on the $384 million project scheduled to run from August 2026 to February 2027. Royse City is a suburb of Dallas in...

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Read SpaceXAI to Resume Work on Memphis Data Center Wastewater Facility by Q1 2027
SpaceXAI plans to resume construction of its Memphis wastewater treatment facility by Q1 2027, nearly a year after the project stalled. The company has informed local officials that the $80 million...

SpaceXAI to Resume Work on Memphis Data Center Wastewater Facility by Q1 2027

June 23, 2026 Memphis

SpaceXAI plans to resume construction of its Memphis wastewater treatment facility by Q1 2027, nearly a year after the project stalled. The company has informed local officials that the $80 million plant will support its nearby data centers. First announced in February 2025, the facility...

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Read Circe Energy Lands 2GW Gas Capacity Deal for Texas Data Center Development
Circe Energy has secured 2GW of natural gas generation capacity from Cummins to support its planned West Texas AI Infrastructure Campus. Located in the Permian Basin, the project is expected to lau...

Circe Energy Lands 2GW Gas Capacity Deal for Texas Data Center Development

June 17, 2026 Texas

Circe Energy has secured 2GW of natural gas generation capacity from Cummins to support its planned West Texas AI Infrastructure Campus. Located in the Permian Basin, the project is expected to launch with 150MW in 2027 and scale to 1.1GW by 2030, using behind-the-meter gas generation and...

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Read Denver City Council Approves a One-year Moratorium on Data Centers
Denver City Council Approves a One-year Moratorium on Data Centers

Denver City Council Approves a One-year Moratorium on Data Centers

May 20, 2026 Denver

Denver City Council voted Monday to approve a one-year moratorium on new data center developments. The measure temporarily halts the acceptance, processing, and approval of zoning permits, site development plans, and amendment applications related to data centers. However, the moratorium excludes...

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Read Azio AI has Delivered a 5MW Modular Data Center to Envirotech Vehicles in Texas
Azio AI has Delivered a 5MW Modular Data Center to Envirotech Vehicles in Texas

Azio AI has Delivered a 5MW Modular Data Center to Envirotech Vehicles in Texas

May 14, 2026 Texas

Azio AI is set to deliver 5MW of modular data center capacity to a site in South Texas. The modules will be supplied to Envirotech Vehicles for its campus, which will run on behind-the-meter natural gas power. The companies previously announced a non-binding LOI in January for a $480 million...

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Read DataBank Plans to Install a 3.1MW Rooftop Solar Array at its HOU3 Data Center in Houston
DataBank Plans to Install a 3.1MW Rooftop Solar Array at its HOU3 Data Center in Houston

DataBank Plans to Install a 3.1MW Rooftop Solar Array at its HOU3 Data Center in Houston

May 13, 2026 Texas

U.S. data center operator DataBank has revealed plans to install a 3.1MW rooftop solar array at its HOU3 facility in Houston, Texas. Once completed, the installation is expected to become the largest rooftop solar project in the Houston metropolitan area, producing around 4.5 million...

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Read Concerns Grow Over Proposed 300-acre Land Sale for Data Center Project in Hillsboro
Concerns Grow Over Proposed 300-acre Land Sale for Data Center Project in Hillsboro

Concerns Grow Over Proposed 300-acre Land Sale for Data Center Project in Hillsboro

May 11, 2026 Texas

Residents in Hillsboro gathered in large numbers at a public meeting to raise concerns about a proposed data center that could be developed in the city. The project may be built on a 300-acre property currently owned by the Hillsboro Economic Development Corporation. Real estate company Provident...

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Read 706-Acre Data Center Development Approved Near San Antonio, Texas
706-Acre Data Center Development Approved Near San Antonio, Texas

706-Acre Data Center Development Approved Near San Antonio, Texas

May 07, 2026 Texas

A 706-acre data center project has been approved for development outside San Antonio, Texas. CloudBurst received approval from the Guadalupe Commissioners Court on April 21, following the authorization of a $500 million tax abatement and a development agreement for the project. The company plans...

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Read 500-Acre Texas Data Center Project Eyed by PowerHouse
500-Acre Texas Data Center Project Eyed by PowerHouse

500-Acre Texas Data Center Project Eyed by PowerHouse

May 06, 2026 Texas

A 500-acre data center campus could be developed near Austin, Texas. Data center developer PowerHouse Data Centers is planning a facility in Caldwell County, located between Austin and San Antonio. While details remain limited, the company is understood to be targeting the Caldwell Valley...

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Read AMD Expands Texas Data Center Lease With Riot by 25MW
AMD Expands Texas Data Center Lease With Riot by 25MW

AMD Expands Texas Data Center Lease With Riot by 25MW

May 01, 2026 Texas

Cryptomining firm-turned HPC data center provider Riot Platforms has signed an expanded agreement with chip designer AMD. As part of its Q1 2026 earnings report, Riot said AMD has exercised its option to lease an additional 25MW of capacity, bringing its total contracted footprint with the...

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