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Hunt Energy Spinout Watter Puts AI Computing in Hyatt Regency Dallas, Turns Server Heat Into Hot Water

by | Oct 15, 2026
Watter’s first commercial installation offsets water-heating costs and creates a new revenue stream for the hotel.
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Dallas’ DataBank Hires New CFO as Part of Leadership Transition
by | Sep 24, 2026
Ben Lowe succeeds President and CFO Kevin Ooley, who will transition to CEO in 2027. That’s when current CEO Raul Martynek will become executive chairman.
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Dallas-Fort Worth Dethrones Virginia as the World’s Top Data Center Market
by | Aug 18, 2026
Two new reports — one from Cushman & Wakefield, another from JLL — put North Texas and the Lone Star State at the center of the global data center boom.
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Stream Data Centers Names Chief HR Officer as Apollo-Era Leadership Buildout Continues
by | Aug 13, 2026
Nikki Kresse most recently served as chief experience and people officer at senior living operator Lifespace Communities. Her hiring is at least the eighth executive appointment or promotion Dallas-based Stream Data Centers has announced since Apollo took majority control in August 2025.
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Dallas-Based DataBank Closes $1.45B Financing, Supports Data Center Project in Red Oak

by | Jun 16, 2026
The news follows DataBank's announcement in April that it had secured a $2 billion loan for construction of the first three of eight planned data centers at its campus in Red Oak, south of Dallas.
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DataBank Snags $2B Loan To Build First 3 of 8 Data Centers South of Dallas
by | Apr 21, 2026
According to a Business Insider report, Oracle will be the tenant for all three data centers, as well as the fourth one planned at the campus in Red Oak. Tokyo-based MUFG Bank, Ltd. was the administrative agent, coordinating lead arranger, and sole bookrunner on the $2 billion loan.
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Irving-Based Shermco Acquires Central Texas’ Power Quality Engineering
by | 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.
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Texas A&M, Last Energy to Launch Microreactor Pilot at RELLIS as Texas Power Demand Climbs
by | 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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Flex Opens Dallas Manufacturing Plant for Its Grid-to-Chip Data Center Power Solutions

by | 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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Dallas’ Aligned Partners With Calibrant to Deploy ‘First-of-its-Kind’ On‑Site Battery Storage for Data Centers
by | Oct 23, 2025
“This project flips the script on how data centers access power,” said Calibrant CEO Phil Martin. “Rather than the false choice between waiting years for system upgrades or having to go off grid entirely, we're working with leading data center providers like Aligned to use distributed energy solutions to facilitate and accelerate grid interconnection.” The news comes a week after AIP, MGX, and BlackRock announced their $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers.
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North Texas’ Aligned Data Centers To Be Acquired for $40 Billion by BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI, Microsoft, and Others
by | 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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DOE-Funded UTA Project Tackles Cooling Costs in AI Data Center Boom
by | 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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Caterpillar and Hunt Energy Ink Agreement to Deliver 1GW of Data Center Power Across North America

by | 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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$761M Project: Wistron Selects Fort Worth’s AllianceTexas for Two AI Supercomputing Facilities
by | Aug 21, 2025
The facilities—Wistron's first in the U.S.—will create more than 800 full-time jobs, the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership said, firmly positioning Fort Worth "as a key player in the future of advanced technology manufacturing and the broader reshoring movement, bringing critical manufacturing, logistics and innovation back to the U.S."
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U.K.-Based Yondr Group to Develop Hyperscale Data Center South of Dallas
by | 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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Dallas’ CyrusOne Partners With Houston’s Calpine to Build $1.2B Data Center Campus Near Waco
by | 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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