July 25, 2026
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Abbott Sets Five Site Standards, and East Texas Is the First Test
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Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Smith Mountain Lake is a 20,000-acre reservoir in Virginia located approximately 150 miles northeast of major Texas datacenters, making it outside the direct Texas datacenter infrastructure context.
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