March 4, 2026
Behind the Pledge: 40 GW, No Rules, and Texas Ready to Win Either WayGoogle's Las Vegas facility, which uses water for cooling, runs far more efficiently than its water-free Reno counterpart.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada is a major competitor to Texas datacenters, drawing significant cloud computing and data infrastructure investment to Nevada through tax incentives and proximity to fiber optic networks.
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