Just over a year ago, Altman broke into the clay and sand of Abilene, Texas, to begin building the biggest data center in the world. The Stargate campus, when completed, would be about 60 acres larger than New York City’s Central Park. Construction of the campus’ first two buildings is scheduled to finish this summer.

As city leaders are left limited on what they can decide, residents are faced with more transitions in an already changing community.

Meta locks in 100% of the power from Enbridge’s new $900 million Texas solar farm to run its data centers on clean energy by 2027.

AI data centers have power demand patterns similar to steel mills, with “very fast, very large ramps,” according to David Penny, director of reliability services for Texas RE.

In addition to the 4.5 gigawatts of capacity announced today, Oracle is responsible for building one of OpenAI’s Texas data center campuses. The site is expected to house up to 400,000 of Nvidia Corp.’s GB200 Grace Blackwell accelerators. Each chip features two Blackwell B200 graphics cards and a 72-core Grace central processing unit.

According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report, data centers supported more than 49,000 direct jobs across Texas in 2021. Opinion Get smart opinions on the topics North Texans care about.

Texas will serve as ground zero, with 10 data centers by the venture already under construction in the state, 10 more on the way and the first project based in Abilene, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said.

Data center operators are turning away from the grid to build their own power plants.

During the systemwide disruption, data centers watched millions of dollars of investment pay off as backup generators and protocols established before the storm kicked in across Texas. “We ...

Digital Realty Trust raised its annual revenue and core funds from operations forecast on Thursday, as it expects an increase in demand for data center services due to businesses accelerating digital transformation efforts.

Data centers are expanding across the central U.S. to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence. That's raising concerns about growing energy demand and freshwater usage.