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Hill County, Texas passed a one-year moratorium on data center projects in rural areas, though a state senator argues counties lack legal authority to impose such bans. This regulatory uncertainty could redirect AI data center investments to other jurisdictions and increase infrastructure costs for companies seeking rural locations.
SpaceX is considering spending $55 billion initially on a 'Terafab' semiconductor factory in Texas, with total investment potentially reaching $119 billion. This massive capital commitment could reshape semiconductor manufacturing capacity and supply chain dynamics for both space technology and AI computing infrastructure.
AMD signed an additional 25MW data center lease with cryptocurrency miner Riot in Texas, expanding beyond their January agreement. This capacity expansion reflects growing power infrastructure demand from both chip designers and crypto mining operations.
Crusoe confirmed Microsoft as a customer for 900MW of capacity at its Abilene, Texas campus. This substantial power commitment demonstrates continued enterprise demand for large-scale data center infrastructure to support cloud and AI workloads.
CyrusOne completes the structural framework of its first building at the Bosque County campus in Texas. This expansion adds to the growing data center infrastructure capacity in Texas, a key region for tech investments.
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