The Texas Panhandle is a major region for data center development due to its access to renewable energy resources, particularly wind power from West Texas wind farms.
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But rural constituencies are organized: farmers, ranchers, and landowners are pressing lawmakers on power costs, water depletion, and land use changes across the Panhandle, Rio Grande Valley, and north Texas.
The Crusoe-Google Goodnight campus in the Panhandle is the first operational test case under PUCT's new co-location net metering rules, and the outcome will set the baseline for every behind-the-meter deal that follows.