Texas, ECL and data center
ECL says it will build a 1GW hydrogen-powered AI data center in Texas, with Lambda as its first tenant
Data center startup ECL claims that it will build a 1GW AI data center on a more than 600-acre site east of Houston, Texas, powered by hydrogen. The TerraSite-TX1 will initially have a capacity of 50MW, coming next summer, at a cost of around $450 million. AI cloud provider Lambda will be the first customer, but is not taking the whole 50MW.
Hydrogen-powered data center planned for Texas
California-based data center developer ECL is incorporating hydrogen fuel cells and battery storage into its projects to enable a completely self-contained generating capacity, even to the point of being grid free.
The Hydrogen Stream: ECL to build 1 GW hydrogen AI data center in Texas
ECL says it will build a 1 GW hydrogen-powered AI factory data center in Houston, Texas, with Lambda as its first tenant. The initial $450 million phase is scheduled for completion in summer 2025.
ECL Announces World's First 1 Gigawatt Off-Grid, Hydrogen-Powered AI Factory Data Center
Data Center-as-a-Service pioneer ECL, which unveiled the world's first off-grid, sustainable, modular, built-to-suit data center on June 20, 2024, today announced that it will build the first fully sustainable 1GW AI Factory data center - ECL TerraSite-TX1 on a 600+ acre site east of Houston,
California-based ECL planning $8B hydrogen-powered data center near Houston
A California company is planning an $8 billion data center project that aims to circumvent a growing criticism of such facilities.
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Sunrise brief: Solar-plus-storage dominating future U.S. power grid
Hydrogen-powered data center planned for Texas. Solar module manufacturer closes $50 million tax credit transfer. And more.
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Windy City Proving Resilient To Headwinds Facing Data Centers Elsewhere
The power and land constraints plaguing most of the data center industry's major markets haven't been as severe in Chicago.
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New data center would surpass Google development project as largest in Cedar Rapids history
A proposed $750 million data center development in southwest Cedar Rapids is set to supplant the proposed $576 million Google ...
Plans surface for $200 million data center in far north Fort Worth
Fort Worth has gradually carved out its own corner of the market. Meta, Facebook’s parent company and one of Tarrant County’s ...
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Possible $40B IPO Could Mark Data Center Shift Toward Wall Street
Switch is reportedly mulling a $40B IPO, potentially shifting the course for a sector whose recent growth has been backed ...
The data center boom is giving clean energy a jolt
But the US push to compete with China on AI development is helping secure the clean power industry’s long-term future, he ...
Data center rezoning critics blame commissioners
Frustration with a vote in Bristol that paved the way for the construction of a massive data center has spilled over onto county elected officials. Elkhart resident Melissa Kauffman told t County ...
Lincoln business leaders raise concern over Google data center power burden, LES says not to worry
The Google data center coming to Lincoln is raising some concern in the business community, leading some to worry that it ...