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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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Read Columbus Data Center Acquired by Occupier
Columbus Data Center Acquired by Occupier

Columbus Data Center Acquired by Occupier

April 30, 2026 Ohio

Real estate firm Five 9s Digital has sold a data center in Columbus, Ohio, with colocation provider Expedient understood to be the buyer. “Five 9s Digital announced the successful sale of a 6MW single-tenant data center in Columbus, Ohio, to its long-term tenant,” the company said this week....

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Read Pace to Develop 100MW Data Center in Glasscock County, Texas
Pace to Develop 100MW Data Center in Glasscock County, Texas

Pace to Develop 100MW Data Center in Glasscock County, Texas

April 27, 2026 Texas

A “Texas-first” data center with an initial 100MW of capacity is being planned in the Lone Star State. New developer Pace is proposing the facility at a site in Glasscock County. The scheme, dubbed the Lone Star Project, is described as “reflecting a Texas-first development philosophy from start...

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Read Avax One Targets 10MW Behind-the-Meter Data Center in Alberta
Avax One Targets 10MW Behind-the-Meter Data Center in Alberta

Avax One Targets 10MW Behind-the-Meter Data Center in Alberta

April 11, 2026 Alberta

Cryptocurrency firm Avax One Technology has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) proposal for a 10MW off-grid, natural gas-powered AI and high-performance computing (HPC) data center at the 4-31 Battery site in Alberta, Canada. The FEED study will be led by BlueFlare Energy Solutions...

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Read Aligned Begins Construction on 540MW Texas Data Center Campus
Aligned Begins Construction on 540MW Texas Data Center Campus

Aligned Begins Construction on 540MW Texas Data Center Campus

April 10, 2026 Texas

US data center firm Aligned has broken ground on a new campus in Texas. The company this week announced that construction has begun on Project Caprock, a 540MW campus spanning 313 acres outside Abernathy in Hale County.At full build-out, the site will total 1.65 million square feet (153,290 sqm)...

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Read Plans Filed for 950,000 sq ft Data Center in Hutto, Texas
Plans Filed for 950,000 sq ft Data Center in Hutto, Texas

Plans Filed for 950,000 sq ft Data Center in Hutto, Texas

April 08, 2026 Texas

A data center could be developed on a 40-acre site in Hutto, Texas. Property developer Zydeco has proposed rezoning a tract located at the southeast corner of County Road 119 and Limmer Loop to allow for the construction of a 950,000 sq ft (88,255 sqm) data center facility.Zydeco says the campus,...

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Read LandBridge, PowerBridge Partner on 2GW West Texas Data Center Campus
LandBridge, PowerBridge Partner on 2GW West Texas Data Center Campus

LandBridge, PowerBridge Partner on 2GW West Texas Data Center Campus

April 02, 2026 Texas

PowerBridge is targeting a multi-gigawatt data center campus in Texas through a lease development agreement with NYSE-listed LandBridge, which shares a common investor with the company.The agreement gives PowerBridge the option to lease up to 3,400 acres in Reeves County, Texas, from LandBridge...

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Read T1 Energy Gets 50MW Grid Connection for Norway Data Center Site
T1 Energy Gets 50MW Grid Connection for Norway Data Center Site

T1 Energy Gets 50MW Grid Connection for Norway Data Center Site

March 20, 2026 Norway

Battery and solar panel maker T1 Energy has obtained 50MW of capacity for a Norwegian site originally intended for battery cell production, now planned as a data center. The company announced this week that Norway’s national grid operator, Statnett, has allocated 50MW of power to T1 Energy’s...

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Read Ohio Republican Urges Data Center to Forgo Tax Subsidy
Ohio Republican Urges Data Center to Forgo Tax Subsidy

Ohio Republican Urges Data Center to Forgo Tax Subsidy

March 19, 2026 Ohio

Ohio state senator Bernie Moreno has urged the backers of a $136m data center to forgo tax subsidies tied to its planned expansion. In a public letter on Monday, he argued that the economic benefits of expanding the Ark Data Centers campus do not justify the subsidies.The expansion would create...

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Read 3i Infrastructure Buys Majority Stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter
3i Infrastructure Buys Majority Stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter

3i Infrastructure Buys Majority Stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter

March 14, 2026 Norway

Investment firm 3i Infrastructure has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter (LMD). Announced this week, 3i plans to invest €300 million ($347.3 million) in the deal, which is expected to close in summer 2026.The data center company is being acquired from a fund...

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Read New Data Center Build Confirmed in Adams County, Ohio
New Data Center Build Confirmed in Adams County, Ohio

New Data Center Build Confirmed in Adams County, Ohio

March 12, 2026 Ohio

A new data center has been confirmed for Adams County, Ohio, at the former Dayton Power & Light landfill site. According to a regulatory filing from AES Ohio, the proposed operator has requested an initial electricity load of 100MW in 2028, rising to 1.3GW by 2032.Since the filing, the US...

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Read Norway Ammonia Plant Plans Dropped as Company Eyes Data Center Development
Norway Ammonia Plant Plans Dropped as Company Eyes Data Center Development

Norway Ammonia Plant Plans Dropped as Company Eyes Data Center Development

March 07, 2026 Norway

Plans for a proposed ammonia plant in Norway have been scrapped, with the developer now exploring the site for potential data center use. The shift comes after delays caused the project to lose its grid capacity allocation with the local grid operator Iverson eFuels has decided to terminate plans...

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Read Muhlenberg, Ohio, Imposes One-year Moratorium on New Data Center Projects
Muhlenberg, Ohio, Imposes One-year Moratorium on New Data Center Projects

Muhlenberg, Ohio, Imposes One-year Moratorium on New Data Center Projects

February 17, 2026 Ohio

The Ohio township of Muhlenberg has introduced a 12-month moratorium on planning applications for new data centers after residents voiced concerns about a digital infrastructure and energy campus being planned nearby.In comments reported by the Circleville Herald, trustee Jeff Wippel said the...

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Read Meta Signs 176MWdc solar PPA with Zelestra in Texas
Meta Signs 176MWdc solar PPA with Zelestra in Texas

Meta Signs 176MWdc solar PPA with Zelestra in Texas

February 07, 2026 Texas

Meta has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Spanish renewable energy firm Zelestra for energy from the 176 MWdc (136MWac) Skull Creek Solar Plant in Texas. According to Meta, the PPA will support its efforts to add new clean energy to the grid and support its drive to match...

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Read Multi-gigawatt Data Center Campus Planned in East Texas
Multi-gigawatt Data Center Campus Planned in East Texas

Multi-gigawatt Data Center Campus Planned in East Texas

February 06, 2026 Texas

A 2.1GW data center campus is being planned in East Texas. Amp Z is set to acquire land outside Lufkin in Angelina County, some 120 miles (193km) north of Houston.Citing county property records, the Lufkin Daily reports Verdant Industries, LLC, and Verdant Industries Realty, LLC, granted Amp Z...

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Read Aker Nscale Plans 96MW Data Center in Skien, Norway
Aker Nscale Plans 96MW Data Center in Skien, Norway

Aker Nscale Plans 96MW Data Center in Skien, Norway

January 28, 2026 Norway

Aker Nscale has entered into an agreement with Løvenskiold-Fossum Kraft Drift to develop a 96MW data center in Skien, Norway. The company aims to establish a data center capable of supporting AI workloads and has applied for grid capacity from Statnett.Leopold Løvenskiold, the general manager and...

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Read Meta Inks Solar PPA with Origis Energy in Texas
Meta Inks Solar PPA with Origis Energy in Texas

Meta Inks Solar PPA with Origis Energy in Texas

January 19, 2026 Texas

Social media giant Meta has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with US renewable energy developer Origis Energy to offtake power from a solar plant in Texas."We are thrilled to partner with Origis Energy and bring an additional 240 MWac of solar energy to the local grid. With this...

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Read SB Energy to Build and Operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate Data Center in Milam County, Texas
SB Energy to Build and Operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate Data Center in Milam County, Texas

SB Energy to Build and Operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate Data Center in Milam County, Texas

January 09, 2026 Texas

SoftBank subsidiary SB Energy has partnered with OpenAI to build and operate the previously announced 1.2 GW Stargate data center in Milam County, Texas. SB Energy will provide the project's powered infrastructure, while SoftBank and OpenAI invest $1 billion in the company to support its growth,...

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