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Read Amazon Drops 800,000 Sq Ft Data Center Campus In Loudoun County Deal
Amazon Data Services has withdrawn its application to build four data centers on the former George Washington University campus in Ashburn, Virginia, ending a months-long standoff with Loudoun Coun...

Amazon Drops 800,000 Sq Ft Data Center Campus In Loudoun County Deal

October 21, 2026 Ashburn: Data Center Alley

Amazon Data Services has withdrawn its application to build four data centers on the former George Washington University campus in Ashburn, Virginia, ending a months-long standoff with Loudoun County. Officials announced the agreement, called Project Potomac Promise, at the Oct. 20 Board of...

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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 West Texas

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 Skybox and Prologis File Plans for Fourth Data Center in Hutto, Texas
US data center developer Skybox and real estate firm Prologis have filed plans for another data center near Austin, Texas. The companies filed an application with the Texas Department of Licensing ...

Skybox and Prologis File Plans for Fourth Data Center in Hutto, Texas

October 03, 2026 Skybox Datacenters

US data center developer Skybox and real estate firm Prologis have filed plans for another data center near Austin, Texas. The companies filed an application with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for Skybox Hutto 4. Located at 3399 County Road 132 in Hutto, Williamson County,...

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Read Crusoe Confirms Google AI Campus In Texas With 531MW Wind Link
Crusoe is the developer behind Google's data center campus under construction in Armstrong County, Texas, the company [said on Sept. 28](https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/newsroom/crusoe-developing-d...

Crusoe Confirms Google AI Campus In Texas With 531MW Wind Link

October 01, 2026 West Texas

Crusoe is the developer behind Google's data center campus under construction in Armstrong County, Texas, the company said on Sept. 28. The site sits outside Amarillo, and it pairs with 531 megawatts of adjacent West Texas wind, a design that puts generation rather than land at the center of the...

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Read Gradiant To Provide HyperSolved Water Treatment System For West Texas Data Center
Gradiant has partnered with an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy its HyperSolved water treatment system at a West Texas data center. The platform manages the full cooling water cycle, using non-freshwa...

Gradiant To Provide HyperSolved Water Treatment System For West Texas Data Center

September 01, 2026 West Texas

Gradiant has partnered with an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy its HyperSolved water treatment system at a West Texas data center. The platform manages the full cooling water cycle, using non-freshwater sources, high-recovery technology, and AI-powered monitoring to reduce water use, discharge, and...

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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 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 Bolt Data Partners with TPL to Develop data Center Campuses Across West Texas
Bolt Data Partners with TPL to Develop data Center Campuses Across West Texas

Bolt Data Partners with TPL to Develop data Center Campuses Across West Texas

December 18, 2025 West Texas

Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) has partnered with Bolt Data & Energy to develop data center campuses across TPL-owned land. As part of the deal, Bolt raised $150 million in capital, including $50m from TPL. In return, TPL will receive equity interest, warrants, and a right of first...

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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 Duos to Deploy Edge Data Center in Victoria, Texas
Duos to Deploy Edge Data Center in Victoria, Texas

Duos to Deploy Edge Data Center in Victoria, Texas

May 24, 2025 North Texas

Duos Technologies this week announced a strategic partnership with Region 3 Education Service Center (ESC) to deploy a new Edge data center in Victoria, Texas.Dr. Morris Lyon, executive director of Region 3 ESC, said: “We are proud to partner with Duos Edge AI, Inc. to bring secure, innovative...

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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 centers...

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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 Skybox plans new data center facility in Dallas, Texas
Skybox plans new data center facility in Dallas, Texas

Skybox plans new data center facility in Dallas, Texas

November 21, 2023 Skybox Datacenters

Skybox Datacenters announced this week that it is planning a new 300MW, 1 million square feet data center facility known as PowerCampus Dallas in Texas. This 115-acre site is located in Lancaster, south of Dallas, and will feature an on-site substation. The company said on LinkedIn, “Skybox...

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Read Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto
Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto

Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto

June 19, 2023 Skybox Datacenters

City Council took action to move the development process along almost a year after it was revealed that Dallas-based Skybox Datacenters and its San Francisco-based partner Prologis Inc. bought more than 220 acres in Hutto. At a meeting on June 15, officials granted preliminary approval to annex...

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Read Skybox and Prologis Propose 600-Megawatt Austin Data Center Facility
Skybox and Prologis Propose 600-Megawatt Austin Data Center Facility

Skybox and Prologis Propose 600-Megawatt Austin Data Center Facility

May 05, 2023 Skybox Datacenters

Skybox Datacenters and Prologis plan to construct a 600-megawatt campus offering up to 4 million sq ft of data center space near Austin, Texas. The project will increase momentum for the development of data centers in Austin, which has grown into an ideal location for tech companies. The Skybox...

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Read Skybox plans 100MW build-to-suit campus in Plano, Texas
Skybox plans 100MW build-to-suit campus in Plano, Texas

Skybox plans 100MW build-to-suit campus in Plano, Texas

April 20, 2023 Skybox Datacenters

Skybox is planning a 100MW build-to-suit data center campus in Plano, Texas. The campus is being established in partnership with logistics real estate firm Prologis, which owns the site. The 64-acre site is listed on the company's website, which outlines it has a capacity of 100 MW, and can house...

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