Updates on Texas

Every AI story we track on Texas: 41 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.

Pulled from 125 sources

This week

Energy & Climate12 min read

AI is driving a data-center power boom. These are some of the biggest US projects being built.

Business Insider

Carrier Plans $600 Million Texas Plant to Make Cooling Gear for AI Data Centers

The Wall Street Journal
Energy & Climate3 min read

Data centers could erase decades of air quality gains

The Verge

This month

IA: Meta, Amazon, Microsoft y Google gastarían unos US$750.000 millones

Bloomberg

AI Data Centers Cost Billions to Build. This Is Why

Bloomberg
Public Sector3 min read

Texas city wants $2.3M for public records on police Flock use

The Next Web
Energy & Climate3 min read

Google and Microsoft hit by fresh criticism of their AI data center plans

TechRadar

TSMC Mulls Multibillion-Dollar Texas Site for More AI Chips

Covered by 2 sources
Energy & Climate2 min read

Texas politics may delay Chevron data centre decision, Semafor reports

The Next Web
Energy & Climate5 min read

Thousands of diesel generators complicate Texas's AI crackdown

TechRadar
Politics7 min read

Politicians are attacking AI with a core message: It's costing you money

Business Insider
Politics17 min read

Texas turning blue may hinge on Democrats harnessing data center opposition

CNBC
Public Sector2 min read

Texas Gov. Abbott orders data center permit halt weeks after issuing moratorium

CNBC
Public Sector20 min read

How we made the first comprehensive map of deaths along the US border’s “virtual wall”

MIT Technology Review
Public Sector3 min read

Texas governor threatens to penalize datacenters not obeying water laws

The Guardian

SpaceX sues to block release of tax-break records for its Texas Terafab project

Business Insider
Energy & Climate3 min read

Massachusetts hits data centers with new clean power rules

TechCrunch

Republicans Kick Off Midterm Rally in Texas

The Wall Street Journal

College Graduate Employment Is Cratering Where Data Centers Are Being Built

Futurism
Cybersecurity14 min read

Flock's AI Search Tool for Cops

Hacker News
Cybersecurity6 min read

Florida and Texas both moved against Flock cameras in a single week

The Next Web
Cybersecurity2 min read

Texas Governor Abbott blocks funding for more Flock cameras

The Verge
Energy & Climate3 min read

Texas Governor Suddenly Turns on Data Centers as Backlash Grows

Futurism
Energy & Climate3 min read

Amazon's 7.65GW AI data center power plant could be largest CO₂ emitter in US

Hacker News
AI Research5 min read

A $1.3bn loan will help build a Texas data centre for Anthropic

The Next Web
Robotics5 min read

First came self-driving cars. Now, Waymo veterans are building autonomous construction equipment.

Business Insider

Samsung wants to bring a floating data center to Texas — huge waterborne facility could offer 50MW of capacity and even cool itself

TechRadar

An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country

Covered by 4 sources
Energy & Climate2 min read

AI Data Centers Are Causing Unfathomable Amounts of Air Pollution, and It Gets Worse With Each New One They Build

Futurism
Energy & Climate3 min read

Texas Data Centers Suffer Brutal Collision With Reality

Futurism
Energy & Climate5 min read

Texas has electricity and water bills below the national average — but they’re rising faster than inflation for one key reason that won’t surprise anyone

TechRadar
Public Sector3 min read

This land belongs to you and me — even Willie Nelson is pushing back against data centers

TechRadar
Energy & Climate3 min read

The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It’s Almost Incomprehensible

Futurism

A Tesla on Autopilot plowed into a Texas home. The woman inside didn’t survive.

The Next Web

Cipher Digital raises $810 million in junk bonds to build another Amazon data centre in Texas

The Next Web

Tesla has 42 robotaxis in Texas. Waymo has 577. The gap is now public record.

The Next Web

SpaceX may spend up to $119 billion on ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas

Covered by 2 sources

Hut 8 signs a 15-year, $9.8bn lease for the first phase of its Texas AI data centre

The Next Web

Energy Vault acquires 175 MW battery project in Texas as it bets on AI-driven power demand

The Next Web
That's everything we have on Texas right now