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The acquisition reinforces Shermco’s key services, expands its footprint in Central Texas, and supports its strategic expansion in the rapidly growing data center market, the company said.
Irving-Based Shermco Acquires Central Texas’ Power Quality Engineering
by Sandra Engelland | Mar 12, 2026
The acquisition reinforces Shermco’s key services, expands its footprint in Central Texas, and supports its strategic expansion in the rapidly growing data center market, the company said.
by Maddie Preston |
Dec 8, 2025
The pilot will test Last Energy’s 5-megawatt PWR-5 design at Texas A&M–RELLIS while the company advances a plan for 30 commercial microreactors in Haskell County northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth to serve data center growth.
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![At Google’s Midlothian data center on Nov. 14, Google executives joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other government leaders to announce the company’s $40 billion Texas investment. [Photo: Google]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Platform-panel_47A1634_970_google-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Nov 16, 2025
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was in North Texas on Friday to announce the tech giant’s largest investment in a single state. The multiyear plan will add three Texas data center campuses, increase energy supply to the state’s grid, and train 1,700 electricians as the AI economy scales.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 24, 2025
Austin-based Flex said its new facility in East Dallas "significantly boosts production capacity and efficiency" for its grid-to-chip data center power infrastructure solutions, including power pods, power distribution units, and low-voltage switchgear.
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Andrew Schaap, CEO of Aligned Data Centers [Photo: Thaddeus Harden]
North Texas’ Aligned Data Centers To Be Acquired for $40 Billion by BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI, Microsoft, and Others
by Lance Murray | Oct 15, 2025
A consortium of big industry players called the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) and other partners are snapping up Aligned and its 50 data center campuses across the U.S. and Latin America. AIP's first-ever investment aims to help meet "the growing demand for the infrastructure required as AI continues to reshape the global economy," said BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.
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by Maddie Preston |
Sep 29, 2025
UTA is part of a DOE-backed "moonshot" to cool the world’s AI infrastructure more sustainably—aiming to cut data center cooling energy from 40% to under 5% and slash the massive water use demanded by AI systems. The project includes partnering with next-gen liquid cooling tech startup, Austin-based Accelsius.
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North Texas’ Compass Partners With Schneider Electric on Prefab White Space Modules for Data Centers
by Lance Murray |
Sep 9, 2025
The Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Pod "delivers all elements of world-class data center white space in a prefabricated pod solution that is deployed quickly on-site with a simplified installation process," the companies said.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 22, 2025
The long-term collaboration between the Irving- and Dallas-based companies aims to meet the energy demands of always-on data centers, with the first project to launch in Texas.
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Image of a Yondr data center in Northern Virginia [Photo: Yondr Group]
U.K.-Based Yondr Group to Develop Hyperscale Data Center South of Dallas
by Lance Murray | Aug 19, 2025
Yondr said the project on 163 acres in Lancaster marks a "milestone" in its U.S. expansion. Newly appointed CEO Aaron Wangenheim called Dallas "one of the largest and fastest-growing data center markets in the world."
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by David Seeley |
Jul 31, 2025
In its first phase, the hyperscale campus northwest of Waco will encompass more than 190,000 square feet, with scalable capacity to meet future demand. It will feature "climate-neutral initiatives, water conservation, biodiversity protection, and capabilities to respond during ERCOT grid emergencies," the companies said.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 3, 2025
Industry expert Jason Carolan has joined North Texas-based Centersquare, a data center provider with colocation facilities in markets across North America and the United Kingdom, as chief development officer....
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 3, 2025
The Dallas-based data center company’s new EVP will lead its fast-growing U.S. development program and deepen hyperscale relationships as CyrusOne expands its debt capacity and breaks ground on major projects in Texas.
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CEC Facilities Group CEO Daniel Williams (left) with Founder and Chairman Ray Waddell [Photo: CEC]
Irving-Based CEC Facilities Group To Be Acquired by The Woodlands’ Sterling Infrastructure for $505M
by Lance Murray | Jun 17, 2025
CEC—a specialty electrical and mechanical contractor known nationwide for its work in semiconductors, data centers, high-tech manufacturing, and commercial construction—will continue to operate with CEO Daniel Williams at the helm.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 17, 2025
In his newly created position of CFOO at Aligned, Billie Haggard will oversee both day-to-day data center operations and personnel globally while driving the operational strategy for data center technology enhancements, efficiency, and innovation.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 27, 2025
A global leader in liquid cooling for data centers, LiquidStack said its new 17,000-square-foot facility will increase its production capacity, while serving as a new R&D and service training facility.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 26, 2025
Arelion's new mesh routes form a new ring from Austin to Dallas, to Houston, and back to Austin—with additional overbuild capacity between Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso. The expansion "empowers enterprises with improved connectivity and reliable access to AI/ML resources in these booming markets," says Arelion's Art Kazmierczak.
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