April 5, 2026
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West Texas Is Open for Business. Austin Is About to Set the Terms.
Meanwhile, the crypto-to-AI pivot companies (TeraWulf, Applied Digital, Iren, Core Scientific, Cipher Digital) face their own execution gauntlet.
March 24, 2026
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Texas Invited the AI Boom. The $14B Transmission Bill Is the Invoice.
In North Dakota, Oliver County imposed a 180-day data center moratorium and Mercer County passed a one-year freeze after Applied Digital explored expansion.
March 23, 2026
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NextEra Bets $16 Billion That Texas Demand Is Real
Oliver County, North Dakota, imposed a 180-day moratorium after Applied Digital explored expansion there.
February 9, 2026
The Grid Can't Build Fast Enough, So the Industry Is ImprovisingApplied Digital (APLD) has energized its 200 MW datacenter in Garden City, Texas (Glasscock County), deep in the Permian Basin, with a ribbon cutting ceremony marking operational status.
February 8, 2026
Renewables or Gas: A $178B Decision Stalks a Grid That Can't Connect Either One Fast EnoughApplied Digital opened a 200MW datacenter in Garden City (Glasscock County), pushing hyperscale and HPC infrastructure deeper into remote West Texas and the Permian Basin, where cheap gas generation and available land offset transmission constraints.