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Haskell County, Texas is located in the Texas Panhandle and has been identified as a potential site for data center development due to its proximity to existing electric infrastructure and available land.
July 9, 2026
89% of New Power Requests Are Datacenters. Abbott Wants Guardrails.Google-linked Housebound Group filed two Haskell County projects totaling $800 million, both already under construction with 15-to-16-month timelines, signaling confidence that water and power are solvable.
June 6, 2026
Meitner Is the Template. 430 GW of Applications Are About to Find Out.Google's Meitner site pairs a data center with over 1 GW of co-located wind, solar, storage, and gas backup, following the Haskell County Quantum project (640 MW solar, 1.3 GWh storage) that energized this month.
May 28, 2026
Helios Hits 1.6 GW on CREZ Lines Built for Wind a Decade AgoIn Stamford, Mayor James Decker is already steering one-time construction tax revenue into durable water and sewer capital instead of operating costs, the right move for a Haskell County town adjacent to Google's $40 billion buildout.
April 6, 2026
When Military Strikes Take Down Cloud Regions, Location Becomes StrategyGoogle's $40 billion investment across Armstrong and Haskell counties and Meta's $10 billion facility near El Paso are drawing scrutiny from farmers, rural landowners, and residents worried about rates, water, and land displacement.
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