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"A data center is a physical room, building or facility that houses IT infrastructure for building, running and delivering applications and services. It also stores and manages the data associated with those applications and services." -IBM, https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/data-centers
There are many datacenters already opperating in Texas. The new technology this coalition is focused on is specific to the "hyperscale" variety of datacenters.
"A hyperscale data center is a massive data center that provides extreme scalability capabilities and is engineered for large-scale workloads with an optimized network infrastructure, streamlined network connectivity and minimized latency." -IBM, https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/hyperscale-data-center
These facilities are largely connected to the expansion of Ai. While each facility is slightly different, they require enormous amounts of water, electricity, and land.
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