Michael Morris

The Last Word: DRC’s State of the Region Event Addresses High-Speed Rail and More

by | Mar 18, 2025
At the Dallas Regional Chamber's State of the Region event held in December, regional leaders addressed the opportunities and challenges of growth in North Texas—from mobility and high-speed rail to prioritizing green space over highways to ensuring health care for the uninsured.
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Aligned Data Centers Expands DFW Footprint as It Races to Serve AI/Cloud Workloads
by | Feb 25, 2025
With more than a decade of innovation in cooling technologies and 5,000+ MW of future capacity, Plano-based Aligned plans to open a new data center on a 27-acre site in Mansfield.
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Aligned Data Centers Announces 4 Key Leadership Moves
by | Feb 6, 2025
Plano-based Aligned is a leading technology infrastructure company offering innovative, sustainable and adaptive scale data centers and build-to-scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers.
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Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins Elected Chair of Regional Transportation Council
Johnson County Commissioner Rick Bailey also was elected vice chair for the 2024-2025 term, and Lewisville Councilmember Brandon Jones will assume the duties of secretary for the next year. The newly elected officers will serve in their positions through June 2025, guiding the region's transportation policies and initiatives.
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Plano’s Food Hall Co. Appoints New CEO and COO as it Pursues U.S. Expansion

by | Mar 30, 2022
The subsidiary of Dallas-based FB Society developed Legacy Hall at Legacy West in Plano and Assembly Food Hall in Nashville, where small businesses get a chance to grow into thriving restaurant brands. Its sister company FB Labs is the restaurant innovation lab behind concepts like Whiskey Cake, Mexican Sugar, Sixty Vines, Haywire, and more.
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From Automated Airport Parking to On-Demand Rides, North Texas Boosts Autonomous Vehicle Capabilities
by | Mar 24, 2022
NCTCOG's Regional Transportation Council believes autonomous vehicles are part of the solution to North Texas' future.

From autonomous parking at DFW airport to self-driving DART shuttles to medication deliveries in McKinney—along with local hubs for Kodiak Robotics, Aurora, and TuSimple—the region could prove to be the "most robust, automated, and connected vehicle ecosystem in the country," says one official.
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Fort Worth’s Panther Island Dream Gets More Real with $403M Federal Funding
by | Jan 21, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced plans Wednesday to spend $403 million on the final design and build of a 1.5-mile flood-control bypass channel, which will reroute part of the Trinity River near downtown Fort Worth—and create Panther Island. Fort Worth hopes the 800-acre island will become a massive housing and mixed-use entertainment and recreational district, connecting downtown Fort Worth to the city’s cultural district and the Stockyards.
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