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Read Riot Leases 910MW Corsicana Campus To Anthropic In $28B Deal
[Riot Platforms](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/riot-platforms) has signed a 15-year lease for its entire Corsicana data center campus in [Texas](https://baxtel.com/regions/texas), a contract valu...

Riot Leases 910MW Corsicana Campus To Anthropic In $28B Deal

November 10, 2026 Riot Platforms

Riot Platforms has signed a 15-year lease for its entire Corsicana data center campus in Texas, a contract valued at about $28 billion. The lease covers 910MW of critical IT capacity, and Bitcoin Magazine reports that Riot's 10-Q filing names the tenant as Anthropic PBC. Riot disclosed the...

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Read Google Backstops TeraWulf Debt for $19B Anthropic Campus in Kentucky
TeraWulf has secured Google as a credit backstop for the debt financing behind its Justified Data Campus in Hawesville, Kentucky ([TeraWulf press release](https://investors.terawulf.com/news-events...

Google Backstops TeraWulf Debt for $19B Anthropic Campus in Kentucky

November 05, 2026 Kentucky

TeraWulf has secured Google as a credit backstop for the debt financing behind its Justified Data Campus in Hawesville, Kentucky (TeraWulf press release). The campus carries a 20-year lease with Anthropic worth about $19 billion (Reuters). Baxtel reported in July that the company was seeking...

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Read Sabey Data Centers Pilots HVO Diesel Replacement at Austin Data Center
[Sabey Data Centers](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/sabey-data-centers) has started a pilot using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a diesel replacement in backup generators at its Austin campus...

Sabey Data Centers Pilots HVO Diesel Replacement at Austin Data Center

October 30, 2026 Austin

Sabey Data Centers has started a pilot using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a diesel replacement in backup generators at its Austin campus. The company is testing the renewable fuel as the primary fuel source for those generators, according to Sabey's announcement. Sabey says the pilot...

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Read Fireworks Reserves $94.4M Nvidia B300 Capacity at Forum Edge AI Dallas Site
Fireworks has reserved three years of Nvidia B300 GPU capacity at Forum Edge AI's powered data center in Dallas. The 36-month agreement carries a combined total contract value of approximately $94....

Fireworks Reserves $94.4M Nvidia B300 Capacity at Forum Edge AI Dallas Site

October 26, 2026 Dallas

Fireworks has reserved three years of Nvidia B300 GPU capacity at Forum Edge AI's powered data center in Dallas. The 36-month agreement carries a combined total contract value of approximately $94.4 million, Forum Edge AI said on Oct. 26, reflecting GPU capacity and associated CPU management...

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Read Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break
Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus n...

Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break

October 16, 2026 Kentucky

Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus near Maysville, Kentucky was kept unnamed (Mason County Fiscal Court announcement). The site covers...

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Read Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus
The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for [Meta](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/meta) to build a hyperscale data center campus o...

Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus

October 16, 2026 Kentucky

The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for Meta to build a hyperscale data center campus on nearly 3,000 acres near Maysville in northeastern Kentucky. The approvals, set out in the county's news release, cover a 40-year...

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Read Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Taylor Approval for 1GW Texas Data Center Campus
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for the Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project immediat...

Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Taylor Approval for 1GW Texas Data Center Campus

October 15, 2026 Austin

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for the Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project immediately east of the city that could reach one gigawatt of capacity. The joint venture announced the...

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Read Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Approval for 1GW Behind-the-Meter Texas Campus
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre data center and power project e...

Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Approval for 1GW Behind-the-Meter Texas Campus

October 15, 2026 Austin

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre data center and power project east of the city that could reach one gigawatt of capacity. In a joint press release, the partners...

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Read Taylor Approves 1GW Gas-Fired Data Center Campus for Big Watt, PowerHouse
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to annex and approve a development agreement for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project east of Taylor that Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse ...

Taylor Approves 1GW Gas-Fired Data Center Campus for Big Watt, PowerHouse

October 15, 2026 Austin

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to annex and approve a development agreement for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project east of Taylor that Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers say could support up to one gigawatt. The partners announced the approval in a Business...

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Read 2026 Is the Year Texas Passes Virginia in Data Center Capacity
[Texas](https://baxtel.com/data-center/texas) now has more data center capacity operating and under construction than [Virginia](https://baxtel.com/data-center/virginia). Baxtel tracks 28.3 GW buil...

2026 Is the Year Texas Passes Virginia in Data Center Capacity

October 13, 2026 Dallas

Texas now has more data center capacity operating and under construction than Virginia. Baxtel tracks 28.3 GW built or building in Texas, against 17.8 GW in Virginia. On capacity already online, Virginia still leads, 12.3 GW to 11.1 GW. If projects scheduled for this year deliver on time, Texas...

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Read Project Longhorn Files $366M First Building at Anthropic-Linked Texas Campus
The first data center building at the 2,842-acre Cedar Creek campus being developed by [Pacifico Energy](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/pacifico-energy) and [BlackChamber Group](https://baxtel.com...

Project Longhorn Files $366M First Building at Anthropic-Linked Texas Campus

October 11, 2026 Austin

The first data center building at the 2,842-acre Cedar Creek campus being developed by Pacifico Energy and BlackChamber Group is on file with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The October 7 filing, reported by Community Impact, outlines a $366 million building at the Bastrop...

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Read PowerHouse Files Plans for 300MW Data Center Campus Near Dallas-Fort Worth
PowerHouse Data Centers is planning a new campus near Fort Worth, Texas. First reported by NBC, engineering firm Kimley-Horn has filed plans for a data center on about 88 acres in Westlake, north o...

PowerHouse Files Plans for 300MW Data Center Campus Near Dallas-Fort Worth

August 07, 2026 Dallas

PowerHouse Data Centers is planning a new campus near Fort Worth, Texas. First reported by NBC, engineering firm Kimley-Horn has filed plans for a data center on about 88 acres in Westlake, north of Fort Worth. The proposed site is at 13580 Denton Highway, near US Highway 377 and Westport...

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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 DataBank Raises $2bn for Dallas Data Center Buildout
DataBank Raises $2bn for Dallas Data Center Buildout

DataBank Raises $2bn for Dallas Data Center Buildout

April 22, 2026 Dallas

US data center firm DataBank has secured new financing to support the build-out of three data centers in Dallas, Texas. The company this week announced it has obtained a $2 billion loan to fund construction of the first three facilities at its new Red Oak campus. DataBank said the deal represents...

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Read Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park
Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park

Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park

June 18, 2025 Dallas

Cawley Partners has acquired 5,200 acres south of Dallas to potentially develop a large data center park outside Dallas. The acquired South Creek Ranch in the City of Ferris is set to see a mix of uses, including data centers, logistics, manufacturing, and residential. “This particular piece of...

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Read AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas
AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas

AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas

February 13, 2025 Austin

What's causing the growth in data centers in Austin, TX? The answer is AI. Data centers and large AI consumers, like the Texas Advanced Computing Center’s supercomputers, require enormous amounts of energy and water, raising environmental concerns. Our research reveals there are 386 data...

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Read Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas
Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas

Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas

April 29, 2024 Austin

A hydrogen demonstration facility has launched in Austin, Texas and will help provide power to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) data center via a fuel cell. The project – located at the University of Texas (UT) J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin – is a collaboration between GTI...

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Read SBI Crypto sues Riot-owned data center
SBI Crypto sues Riot-owned data center

SBI Crypto sues Riot-owned data center

April 12, 2023 Riot Platforms

SBI Crypto Co. is reportedly pursuing litigation against the Riot Blockchain-owned-Whinstone US data center based in Rockdale, Texas. The bitcoin mining company outlined in its lawsuit, filed April 6th, that the data center breached its Hosting Service Agreement, alongside other charges including...

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Read Kentucky GE Data Facility For Sale or Lease
Kentucky GE Data Facility For Sale or Lease

Kentucky GE Data Facility For Sale or Lease

February 20, 2023 Kentucky

GE Appliances is offering its data center in Louisville, Kentucky, for purchase or lease. General Electric has hired JLL, according to a report this week, to market the data center at 4000 Buechel Bank Road in the 1,000-acre GE Appliance Park in Jefferson District for sale or lease. The GE Data...

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Read A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works
A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

February 03, 2023 Austin

In Texas, a proposal for four data centers has been submitted on the location of a long-proposed private airport. The application for the 'Bastrop Project' data center was submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) this month. The application is for a new...

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