Texas’s Data Center Dominance At Risk

Texas has taken a commanding lead in development, but local and state-level opposition to data centers continues to mount.

Philly bankers and builders are seeing a switch this year away from "eds and meds" and apartment construction toward heavy industry.

Around 300 proposed Texas data center projects are on hold for several months after Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ordered an audit of new development, according to state regulators. Between 250 and 300 projects, most of them data centers, are set to move through the audit queue, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas told

Data center moratoriums across the United States could cost communities tax revenue and jobs, echoing 19th-century towns that rejected railroads.

Korean builders are racing into data centers, chasing multibillion-dollar opportunities as the generative AI boom fuels a global surge in demand for computing infrastructure. Global real estate consultancy JLL estimates that the data center market will grow at an annual average rate of 14 percent through 2030, while gl

Democratic Representative Greg Casar of Texas says AI CEOs should testify before Congress about employment and national security concerns surrounding the technology. Rep. Casar argues data center projects should be blocked if they raise electricity bills or otherwise harm the communities where they’re built. He discuss

The state’s power grid operator had already planned on auditing several data center proposals, but Abbott’s directive reworks the timeline and adds new requirements.

In a dead-heat Senate race, Talarico is passing traditional party talking points, instead focusing on outrage over data centers.

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