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Planned Texas data centers could emit more greenhouse gases than many countries

Texas regulators are allowing AI data centers across the state to start up thousands of new pollution sources with no public notice or environmental reviews.

The Texas Tribune

How a third-generation Texas oilman transformed an organic farming company into a leading advanced nuclear startup at a small Christian college

See inside the race to scale up next-gen nuclear to power the AI data center boom.

Fortune

Abilene, Through the Looking Glass

A monumental blown-glass installation inside a sparkling new library reflects a city—one grappling with an AI boom and an insurgent book-banner—that's defined by its slippery cultural identity.

Texas Observer

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An unprecedented data center boom means new challenges for Texas. Find out what’s planned near you.

A Texas Tribune analysis identified at least 248 planned data center projects. Opponents fear the projects will spike Texans’ electric bills and make the grid less reliable. But industry representatives say they promise huge economic gains.

The Texas Tribune

Broadwind Energy Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Broadwind Energy (NASDAQ:BWEN) reported lower consolidated first-quarter revenue as the company continued to wind down and divest parts of its heavy fabrication business, while management pointed to strong order growth and improving profitability in its Gearing and Industrial Solutions segments. Ch

MarketBeat

Data center boom strains Texas homebuilders’ need for electricians

Texas builders struggle to finish new homes to meet growth as data centers with deeper pockets poach electricians.

The Texas Tribune

How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty

I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it.

Texas Observer

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Oracle hits back at Stargate data center cancellation reports — claims 4.5GW Oracle-OpenAI agreement still on track

In a statement posted to X today, Oracle said it and developer Crusoe are “operating in lockstep” to deliver one of the world’s largest AI data centers at the Abilene campus.

Tom’s Hardware

Oracle and OpenAI drop plans for mega Stargate AI US data center

Abilene, Texas will probably top out at 1.2GW, meaning OpenAI can focus on developing new data center campuses with newer chips.

TechRadar

OpenAI's massive Stargate data center canceled as firm can't reach terms with Oracle, operator struggles with reliability issues — Meta said to be interested in snatching excess capacity

Financing terms and swinging OpenAI capacity forecast collapse a major expansion of a Stargate data center. Yet, Meta could take the yet-to-be-expanded space.

Tom’s Hardware

Ring a Republican: Payphones linking San Francisco and Texas aim to bridge US political divides

A Matter Neuroscience project lets callers in liberal San Francisco and conservative Abilene speak across party lines

The Guardian - US

Texas man accused of threatening to shoot up Pride parade to ‘pay them back for taking out Charlie Kirk’

Exclusive: ‘Come on bro let’s go hunting fairies,’ Joshua Cole wrote to a friend two days before the Abilene Pride Parade, according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent

The Independent UK

I met Sam Altman in Texas. He’s turning the race for AI into a gigawatt arms race

In Abilene, I saw how tech companies like OpenAI are redefining the AI race—not in code or GPUs, but in industrial projects so massive they dwarf America’s biggest mega-builds

Fortune

Data centers are thirsty for Texas’ water, but state planners don’t know how much they will need

A wave of massive data centers is expanding across Texas, prompting warnings from experts who say the new water demands could push the state’s already strained supply to the brink.

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OpenAI plans to build 5 giant U.S. 'Stargate' datacenters, a $400B challenge to Meta, Microsoft, and Google in the AI arms race

The ChatGPT maker, along with Oracle and SoftBank, drew reporters to rural West Texas to tour the flagship Stargate data center, provide an update on new sites, and dispel doubts about the partnership’s momentum.

The Texas Tribune

“This is going to be hard”: Texas public radio stations fighting to stay on the air after budget cuts

Thirty stations must figure out how to make up for the loss of at least $17.7 million in federal funding that came at the direction of the president without wearing out supporters.

Texas Observer

West Texas Congressman’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Cuts Could Harm Rural Hospitals in His District

Jodey Arrington was the House architect of Trump’s massive tax-and-spend bill that includes steep healthcare cuts.

The Texas Tribune

Republican Stan Lambert of Abilene won’t seek reelection to Texas House

Lambert overcame a brutal primary last year after drawing the wrath of two of the state’s most powerful GOP leaders.

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TechRadar

Stargate is back on - OpenAI and Oracle unveil massive data center expansion plans in major AI push

OpenAI confirms Project Stargate is still on, and its first site, Stargate I, is already partly operational in Abilene, Texas.

Texas Observer

In Abilene, Stargate Project Puts AI Boom Ahead of Human Health

The first data center for a $500-billion artificial intelligence project arrives in small-town Texas, alongside a potentially harmful natural gas plant.

The Texas Tribune

Companies are coming to Texas to develop a new generation of nuclear reactors

The state is aggressively pushing to deploy the next generation of atomic energy that would power big industrial operations.