July 26, 2026
Sen. Huffman's January Bill Targets the Exemption That Built Fermi and StargateSpaceXAI is scouting 1 GW across Austin, Bastrop, and Conroe, per The Information, with job postings signaling active site work.
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Bastrop, TX
Bastrop, Texas is located in central Texas approximately 30 miles east of Austin and has become a site for data center development due to its proximity to major metropolitan areas and available land.
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July 23, 2026
Georgia Lands OpenAI's $30B Bet While Texas Owns the Queue FixSpaceX AI is scouting gigawatt-scale sites across Austin, Bastrop, and Corona, per a Supermicro executive's June comment; no timeline is confirmed.
June 20, 2026
Behind-the-Meter Buys a Speed Premium: Why Google Runs Its Own PowerLS Electric's North American power-distribution book hit $800 million in six months, with a fresh $70 million order for 38-kilovolt-class systems and a Bastrop, Texas campus shortening delivery.