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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 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 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 648-acre Data Center Proposed in Clarksdale, Mississippi
648-acre Data Center Proposed in Clarksdale, Mississippi

648-acre Data Center Proposed in Clarksdale, Mississippi

March 17, 2026 Mississippi

A 648-acre data center has been proposed in Clarksdale, northern Mississippi. On Monday, city officials held an informational meeting on a potential project planned for agricultural land between the Sunflower River and Tallahatchie Street.The city’s board of commissioners had considered a...

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Read Musk’s xAI Approved for 41 Natural gas Turbines in Mississippi to Power Colossus Data Centers
Musk’s xAI Approved for 41 Natural gas Turbines in Mississippi to Power Colossus Data Centers

Musk’s xAI Approved for 41 Natural gas Turbines in Mississippi to Power Colossus Data Centers

March 11, 2026 Mississippi

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has received approval to install 41 natural gas turbines at a site in Mississippi, generating up to 1.2GW to power its local data centers.The turbines, which will be installed at a former Duke Energy power plant site in Southaven, will be used to power xAI’s Colossus 2...

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Read Elon Musk’s xAI to Spend $659M on New Memphis Data Center Facility
Elon Musk’s xAI to Spend $659M on New Memphis Data Center Facility

Elon Musk’s xAI to Spend $659M on New Memphis Data Center Facility

March 04, 2026 xAI

Elon Musk’s xAI is significantly expanding its "Digital Delta" footprint. As of March 2026, the company has filed a $659 million building permit for a new 312,000-square-foot facility at 5414 Tulane Road in Memphis. This latest development is part of an aggressive scaling strategy to push the...

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Read Mississippi Governor Labels Data Center Moratoriums as “Civilizational Suicide”
Mississippi Governor Labels Data Center Moratoriums as “Civilizational Suicide”

Mississippi Governor Labels Data Center Moratoriums as “Civilizational Suicide”

February 24, 2026 Mississippi

The governor of Mississippi hit back at calls to pause data center construction across the US. Governor Tate Reeves claimed that those seeking a data center moratorium were "yearning to submit our society to outside forces: mobs, international councils, or communist China.""I understand...

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Read xAI faces legal action from SELC over gas turbine use at Memphis facility
xAI faces legal action from SELC over gas turbine use at Memphis facility

xAI faces legal action from SELC over gas turbine use at Memphis facility

February 17, 2026 xAI

The US environmental non-profit Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), alongside other environmental groups, is preparing to sue xAI over the deployment of unpermitted gas turbines powering its Colossus 2 data center in Memphis, Tennessee.“xAI has once again built a polluting power plant...

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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 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 xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi
xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi

xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi

January 09, 2026 Mississippi

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has confirmed it is set to build a third data center in Mississippi, and will invest more than $20 billion in the state. The data center in Southhaven, DeSoto County, which will be known as MACROHARDRR – an apparent dig at Microsoft – will supply compute power for the...

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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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Read Rowan Starts Work on 300MW Data Center in Temple, Texas
Rowan Starts Work on 300MW Data Center in Temple, Texas

Rowan Starts Work on 300MW Data Center in Temple, Texas

January 07, 2026 Texas

US data center firm Rowan Digital Infrastructure this week announced it has broken ground on a new $700 million project in the Bell County city. The company is developing on some 700 acres along Bob White Road. At full build-out, the campus could reach 300MW. “This campus will help unlock the...

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Read New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers
New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers

New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers

December 26, 2025 Texas

New Era Energy & Digital has signed a binding agreement to acquire Sharon AI’s 50 percent stake in Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC), a joint venture between the two companies, which is developing an AI data center in Ector County, Texas.New Era Energy & Digital will pay SharonAI an...

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Read New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers
New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers

New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers

December 26, 2025 Texas

New Era Energy & Digital has signed a binding agreement to acquire Sharon AI’s 50 percent stake in Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC), a joint venture between the two companies, which is developing an AI data center in Ector County, Texas.New Era Energy & Digital will pay SharonAI an...

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Read $10bn Data Center Project Recieves Approval in Lacy Lakeview, Texas
$10bn Data Center Project Recieves Approval in Lacy Lakeview, Texas

$10bn Data Center Project Recieves Approval in Lacy Lakeview, Texas

December 13, 2025 Texas

A large-scale data center project in Lacy Lakeview near Waco, Texas, has received approval from city council members. The campus in question is being proposed by InfraKey Capital, and seeks to develop up to six data centers with 1GW of capacity in total.According to the company's project site, it...

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Read $10bn Data Center Project Recieves Approval in Lacy Lakeview, Texas
$10bn Data Center Project Recieves Approval in Lacy Lakeview, Texas

$10bn Data Center Project Recieves Approval in Lacy Lakeview, Texas

December 13, 2025 Texas

A large-scale data center project in Lacy Lakeview near Waco, Texas, has received approval from city council members. The campus in question is being proposed by InfraKey Capital, and seeks to develop up to six data centers with 1GW of capacity in total.According to the company's project site, it...

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