March 13, 2026
Virginia's Tax Crack-Up Hands Texas a $73 Billion Recruiting PitchFort Worth: Black Mountain's $10 billion campus hit its third rezoning delay.
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Black Mountain
Black Mountain is a Texas-based company that provides colocation and datacenter services to support the state's computing infrastructure.
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February 28, 2026
Self-Supplied Power Is Table Stakes. Six States Are Already Closing the Door.This adjacency sidesteps the grid interconnection delays plaguing other Texas projects. CyrusOne President John Hatem confirmed the company operates roughly 20 Texas campuses already, leasing to Microsoft, Meta, and Google. The transaction structure raises questions: the land is owned by Fort Worth-based Black Mountain, an energy conglomerate, and state records show "Fort Worth Power Core" (sharing Black Mountain's office address) holds active TCEQ air quality permits for the project across 10 counties.
February 13, 2026
Capital Keeps Pouring In. Communities Are Closing the Gate.Fort Worth City Council tabled a vote on Black Mountain's request to rezone 80 additional acres for its planned $10 billion data center campus.
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