May 13, 2026
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Closed-Loop Cooling Wins Red Oak While Somervell Calls for a Statewide Pause
Somervell County commissioners voted unanimously to oppose all new data center projects pending state action, while Red Oak's council approved Compass Datacenters' sixth campus 4-1 after the developer committed to closed-loop cooling, setbacks, and noise restrictions.
May 8, 2026
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IREN Stacks Power, GPUs, and Cloud Ops Before the Queue Fills
Meanwhile, the cautionary signal abroad is loud: Compass Datacenters walked from the $25 billion Prince William Digital Gateway, Virginia voter support for new data centers collapsed from 69% to 35% in a year, and 19 Michigan municipalities have frozen approvals after the Stargate speed-first play.