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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Torrie Martin with her horses near San Marcos, Aug. 26, 2025. Martin’s property is directly adjacent to a proposed data center, ...

Texas is attracting a huge amount of data center demand due to its energy resources and business friendly environment. Those data centers could contribute to electricity supply shortfalls during ...

Key point: The scope of Texas’ data broker registration law will change on September 1, 2025. Two changes to Texas’ data broker registration law go into effect on September 1, 2025. The more ...

Texas is still waiting for snow, but the data center cascade doesn’t show signs of stopping. In December alone, the combined construction budget for new data centers in Texas exceeds $1.4 billion, ...

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Why Texas is Dominating as a Site for AI Factories Your email has been sent Texas is fast becoming America’s AI power base. As gigawatt-scale data centers chase cheap energy and quick permits, the ...

Oracle and OpenAI's Stargate data center in Shackelford County, Texas, will be powered by an on-site natural gas plant. Voltagrid, partner of site developer Vantage Data Centers, is building the ...

The artificial intelligence-fueled data center construction boom is spreading through West Texas, where oil and gas development has held economic sway for decades. Big data centers are planned near ...

LUBBOCK — Kendra Kay loved growing up in the quiet of West Texas. She enjoyed the peacefulness brought in by the open lands. She appreciated how everyone in her community had a purpose and contributed ...

SAN MARCOS — Every morning since she was 7 years old, Torrie Martin has watched the sunrise unfurl across her family’s 20-acre ranch. It’s here in eastern Hays County, where Martin has swum in the ...

Google plans to invest $40 billion in artificial intelligence data centers and related workforce training across Texas through 2027, CEO Sundar Pichai announced Friday at a news briefing alongside Gov ...