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Read University of Houston will establish a new energy-focused data facility
University of Houston will establish a new energy-focused data facility

University of Houston will establish a new energy-focused data facility

July 07, 2023 Houston

On Friday, July 7, UH Energy will host an educational symposium with a focus on hydrocarbon basin analysis, policy changes, and hydrocarbon opportunities in India to mark the opening of the new University of Houston (UH) - Directorate General for Hydrocarbon (DGH) Center for Hydrocarbon...

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Read MDC Data Centers Commits $3.4m to the Expansion of the Texas MCA2 Data Center
MDC Data Centers Commits $3.4m to the Expansion of the Texas MCA2 Data Center

MDC Data Centers Commits $3.4m to the Expansion of the Texas MCA2 Data Center

May 25, 2023 MDC Laredo

MDC Data Centers has invested $3.4 million to modernize its MCA2 data center in McAllen, Texas. Over the course of 2022, the company purchased equipment from Bud Griffin & Associates, which also provided MDC with its expertise and resources. MCA2 is a Tier III colocation facility with 1MW of...

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Read Netrality Data Centers to expand capacity in Houston
Netrality Data Centers to expand capacity in Houston

Netrality Data Centers to expand capacity in Houston

May 15, 2023 Houston

Netrality Data Centers has announced that it is expanding capacity at its Houston data center at 1301 Fannin Street. The company has shared that it will add two new data center halls spanning 17,000 square feet and offering over 2.5 megawatts of critical capacity.Due to come online at the end of...

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Read Soluna's Project Dorothy Data Center Receives Approval to Go Live from ERCOT
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Soluna's Project Dorothy Data Center Receives Approval to Go Live from ERCOT

April 25, 2023 Texas

The manufacturer of green data centers for Bitcoin mining and other intensive computing, Soluna Computing, Inc., announced yesterday that it had received final authorization from ERCOT for powering Project Dorothy, its flagship data center in Texas, with immediate effect. The last legal...

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Read Bitcoin mining rights: The Arkansas Data Centers Act passes
Bitcoin mining rights: The Arkansas Data Centers Act passes

Bitcoin mining rights: The Arkansas Data Centers Act passes

April 20, 2023 Arkansas

The Arkansas Data Centers Act was recently passed after being proposed not long ago on March 30 by Senator Joshua Bryant. The legislation seeks to regulate the Bitcoin mining industry in the state, and will allocate crypto miners the same rights as data centers. It outlines that the government...

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Read TexAmericas Center announces initiative to develop green data center park
TexAmericas Center announces initiative to develop green data center park

TexAmericas Center announces initiative to develop green data center park

March 08, 2023 Texas

TexAmericas Center has announced its plan to develop green energy data centers, which it has said will be suitable for major companies eyeing expansion. The property pegged for this development has over 400 acres, which reports outline would be suitable for hyperscale, corporate, retail and...

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Read Aphorio Carter Buys Fibertown Data Facility in Texas
Aphorio Carter Buys Fibertown Data Facility in Texas

Aphorio Carter Buys Fibertown Data Facility in Texas

February 23, 2023 Fibertown Bryan

Aphorio Carter, an infrastructure fund, has purchased a Bryan, Texas, data center that was leased to the colocation company Fibertown. The Fibertown Data Center at 110 N Main Street in Brazos County was purchased by the Aphorio Carter Fund Management Corporation, a critical infrastructure and...

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Read Citigroup Is Equipping Two Of Its Data Centers in Texas With Battery Rooms
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Citigroup Is Equipping Two Of Its Data Centers in Texas With Battery Rooms

February 06, 2023 Texas

CitiGroup is initiating two data center expansion projects in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth regions of Texas. Two applications for 'Battery Room Buildouts' have been submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). Its Georgetown Data Center is located at 201 Blue Ridge...

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Read A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works
A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

February 03, 2023 Austin

In Texas, a proposal for four data centers has been submitted on the location of a long-proposed private airport. The application for the 'Bastrop Project' data center was submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) this month. The application is for a new construction of...

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Read Fort Worth Data Center For Sale Following Bankruptcy
Fort Worth Data Center For Sale Following Bankruptcy

Fort Worth Data Center For Sale Following Bankruptcy

February 02, 2023 Dallas

Following a bankruptcy filing, a recently converted data center is for auction. This week, Hilco Real Estate declared March 23, 2023, as the deadline for qualifying bids for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale of a newly converted flex industrial facility into a data center. Built in 2018 on a...

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Read Cox Edge Launches Edge Locations in Florida and Arkansas
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Cox Edge Launches Edge Locations in Florida and Arkansas

December 15, 2022 Arkansas

Cox Edge has announced the launch of new Edge locations in Arkansas and Florida. The company's LinkedIn post reads: "We're excited to announce a new location in Johnson, Arkansas, and in Pensacola, Florida, on our journey to bring compute resources closer to end users!" Cox Edge is Cox...

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Read Cryptomining begins at Odessa Data Center
Cryptomining begins at Odessa Data Center

Cryptomining begins at Odessa Data Center

December 02, 2022 Texas

Cipher Mining, Inc., a U.S.-based bitcoin mining company, has begun bitcoin mining operations at its Odessa data center in Texas."We are delighted to announce that our Odessa data center has begun bitcoin mining operations just 10 months after we broke ground at the site," said Tyler Page, CEO....

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Read Genesis Digital Assets commences work on new 40MW mining data center
Genesis Digital Assets commences work on new 40MW mining data center

Genesis Digital Assets commences work on new 40MW mining data center

October 21, 2022 Texas

Genesis Digital Assets, has broken ground on a new data center in Glasscock county Texas. Comprising four buildings when complete, the new facility is expected to be finished and fully operational by December this year. According to the company, the facility will utilize its proprietary...

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Read Arsenal Digital Holdings Acquires Data Center in Texas
Arsenal Digital Holdings Acquires Data Center in Texas

Arsenal Digital Holdings Acquires Data Center in Texas

October 03, 2022 Texas

Arsenal Digital Holdings has announced that it has an agreement in place to acquire a data center campus in Texas. The crypto mining holding firm didn’t reveal the terms of the deal nor the location of the site. However, it noted that the property sits on a 50-acre site. It also said the property...

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Read Aligned Files To Triple its Data Center Footprint at its Plano Campus in Texas
Aligned Files To Triple its Data Center Footprint at its Plano Campus in Texas

Aligned Files To Triple its Data Center Footprint at its Plano Campus in Texas

September 12, 2022 Aligned: DFW-01

Aligned has plans for a massive expansion at its Plano data center campus in the Dallas Fort Worth area of Texas. The Dallas Morning News was the first to report the development. Aligned already filed with the Plano planning commission to develop a second building on its Plano campus. The company...

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Read Land meant for data center infrastructure in Fort Worth rezoned
Land meant for data center infrastructure in Fort Worth rezoned

Land meant for data center infrastructure in Fort Worth rezoned

August 18, 2022 Texas

According to reports, a parcel of land in Fort Worth, Texas, has been rezoned for residential and light industrial developments. Previously, the 361 acres of land was set aside for digital infrastructure and data center development, however this was never capitalized on. Specifically, the land...

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Read ERCOT requests Bitcoin miners switch off to reduce energy consumption in extreme heatwave
ERCOT requests Bitcoin miners switch off to reduce energy consumption in extreme heatwave

ERCOT requests Bitcoin miners switch off to reduce energy consumption in extreme heatwave

July 15, 2022 Texas

Texas is currently experiencing record temperatures, with the state hitting triple figures last week. Waco, for example, reached 108F, beating the 104F high set a century ago back in 1917. Last month, for instance, over a third of those in the US were urged to stay inside. This news comes as...

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Read White Rock's flared gas cryptomine facility launches in Texas
White Rock's flared gas cryptomine facility launches in Texas

White Rock's flared gas cryptomine facility launches in Texas

July 04, 2022 Texas

Cryptomining firm White Rock Management has announced it is the latest company to decide to use flared gas to fuel its mining operations, launching its first US bitcoin mining operation in Texas' Brazos Valley region. This bitcoin mining facility will be powered using the oil well's excess...

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Read Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site
Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site

Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site

June 27, 2022 NTT 2300 W Plano

According to Dallas Morning News, Prologis is looking to develop an industrial warehouse park on a site at 2300 W. Plano Parkway occupied by NTT for an office complex and data center. The company plans to develop a 64-acre, eight-building warehouse which will span 92,900 square meters (1 million...

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Read Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell
Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell

Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell

May 20, 2022 Texas

Atmos Energy has announced that it has installed a 460-kilowatt natural gas powered-fuel cell at its corporate data center, located in Dallas, Texas. According to the company, the fuel cell will be powered by methane-derived natural gas, which will be captured at landfills and livestock farms,...

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