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Recent Texas data center news

• Jun 4, 2026

  Dallas-Based Solidion Unveils Battery Tech for Orbiting AI Data Centers, the Moon, and Space

  Dallas-based Solidion Technology has announced its Generation Extreme-Climate Battery (Gen-ECB) platform, a patented graphene-enabled battery designed to operate reliably from −80°C to +60°C for satellites, LEO AI data centers, crewed spacecraft, and lunar infrastructure.

  • Gen-ECB platform uses graphene thermal conductivity and radiation resistance to actively regulate cell temperature, is rated to operate from −80°C to +60°C, has demonstrated >500 charge cycles at −40°C, and is positioned for use in satellites, LEO AI data centers, Starship surface operations, and NASA Artemis lunar infrastructure. Solidion states it is actively engaging with aerospace partners to integrate the technology into next-generation vehicles and infrastructure.
  • Company background and program details: Solidion is headquartered in Dallas with pilot production in Dayton, Ohio, holds 385+ patents, and in the last year received three federal grants from the U.S. Army STTR Program, ARPA-E, and the Department of Energy to develop advanced battery technologies; the company began trading on Nasdaq in February 2024 and lists product variants including silicon-rich all-solid-state cells, anode-less lithium metal, and lithium-sulfur batteries (380+ Wh/kg) for aerospace, EV, and AI data center UPS applications.
• Jun 4, 2026

  Google Launches 1-GW-Plus Co-Located Data Center and Generation Complex in Texas Panhandle

  Google and Intersect have launched construction on the Meitner Energy Center, a co-located data center and generation complex in the Texas Panhandle (Gray and Roberts Counties) that will integrate more than 1 GW of wind, solar and battery storage with on-site gas-fired generation for reliability firming.

  • Main announcement: Google and Intersect began construction on the Meitner Energy Center in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas, a co-located data center + generation complex designed to deliver more than 1 GW of wind/solar/battery with on-site gas firming; the Google data center will use air-cooling (no evaporative cooling) and Google is establishing the Caprock Workforce Hub (an 800-acre managed residential facility intended to house up to 3,500 workers) to support construction. The site’s power is intended to be provided majority from clean energy on Day One, with a minority share firmed by on-site gas; Google referenced its $10 million Texas Water Impact Fund in relation to water stewardship.
  • Background and other details: Alphabet closed its acquisition of Intersect in March 2026 for $4.75 billion in cash plus assumed debt; prior partnerships included a >$800 million funding round led by Google and TPG Rise Climate tied to a targeted $20 billion in renewable infrastructure through the decade. The article also cites Google’s broader $40 billion Texas investment commitment through 2027, prior and new PPAs (e.g., Clearway ~1.17 GW, TotalEnergies 1 GW, Sunraycer ~400 MW, Linea 500 MW), the Quantum project (640 MW solar / 1.3 GWh storage scheduled to start operations June 2026), and Google’s commitments such as training 1,700 electrical apprentices by 2030 and a $30 million Texas Energy Impact Fund (first recipients announced May 2026).
• Jun 4, 2026 · Google

  We’re announcing a new data center and energy investments in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas.

  Google and Intersect have announced construction of the Meitner Energy Center, a co-located data center and clean energy generation project in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas.

  • Main announcement: The Meitner Energy Center will be a co-located data center and new energy generation project in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas, pairing the data center with dedicated clean power to meet its demand, using air cooling to limit water consumption, and supporting thousands of jobs in the region. This text is an announcement of the project.
  • Background and details: The facility will join Google’s global network that powers services including Search, Gmail, Maps, Cloud, online banking and 911 systems. For more information, Google published a press release: https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/documents/Google_Intersect_Texas_Announcement_-_June_2026.pdf
• Jun 4, 2026

  Replacing Diesel in AI-Scale Data Centers: Gas Engines, Turbines, and Steam

  This article analyzes a sector-wide shift: data center operators are moving from diesel backup toward natural gas reciprocating engines, gas turbines, and packaged-boiler-fed steam turbines.

  • Main action: Data centers and AI campuses are substituting diesel with on-site natural gas engines and turbines (and, where gas-turbine lead times are long, packaged boilers feeding steam turbines). Key, verifiable project details: 15 Wärtsilä Energy 18V50SG engines to supply nearly 300 MW at an Ohio project; Caterpillar received a 2 GW order from American Intelligence & Power Corp. for the Monarch Compute Campus (West Virginia) using Cat G3516 fast-response gas generator sets, with the 2,250-acre site potentially adding up to 6 GW more; mobile turbine units (e.g., Dynamis trailer-mounted 8–70 MW units; DT24 = 24 MW at 13.8 kV) and Certarus CNG logistics are being used as interim solutions, with Certarus supplying over 120 MW now and an additional 135 MW project slated to start in 2027.
  • Background and implementation details:Gas-turbine lead times have lengthened (reports of delivery pushed to the end of the decade for some large models), prompting use of mobile turbines and packaged boilers; Rentech notes packaged boiler lead times of ~1 year and states packaged boilers can feed steam turbines at efficiencies comparable to gas turbines during peak hours. The Oracle/OpenAI Stargate Abilene project uses a mix of GE Vernova LM2500XPRESS and Solar Turbines Titan 350 units and could consume as much as 1.2 GW. Analyst Shen Wang (Omdia) projects ~60 GW of new AI data center power capacity per year by 2030. The article is an analytical sector overview rather than a single-entity press announcement.
• Jun 3, 2026

  California City Approves First Voter-Enacted Data Center Ban

  Monterey Park voters approved Measure NDC, enacting a citywide prohibition on data centers by roughly 86% support.

  • Main action: The measure prohibits data centers citywide unless repealed by a subsequent citywide vote; it passed with ~86% support and was placed on the June ballot after the City Council imposed and extended a moratorium. The ballot language cites protection of air quality, drinking water resources, public health, and utility rates. The specific proposed project that sparked the fight was a 247,000-square-foot facility on a 15.8-acre site in Saturn Business Park, backed by Australian firm HMC StratCap, which would have been located less than 500 feet from the nearest home and required about 50 MW of peak power; the developer withdrew the project in March as opposition mounted.

  • Context and background: The council first approved a 45-day moratorium before advancing a permanent ban and opting for a ballot measure (argued to be harder to reverse than an ordinance). Local concerns included power demand, diesel backup generators, noise, air quality, water use, electricity costs, and property values. The vote reflects a broader national trend of organized local opposition to data center and AI infrastructure expansion, noted by commentators and industry representatives such as Schneider Electric, University of Texas law professor David Spence, and J.Gold Associates.

• Jun 3, 2026

  Solid Flow, Strong Future

  CMBlu Energy (Giovanni Damato) described current operations, near‑term manufacturing projects, and pilot deployments for its aqueous solid‑flow long‑duration battery technology in a podcast interview (transcript of a Troutman Pepper “Battery + Storage” episode).

  • Main announcement: CMBlu is operating pilot manufacturing and R&D in Germany, is constructing a 4 GWh facility in Greece (with EU funding) targeted to start production as early as end of 2027, and plans to replicate a 4 GWh commercial facility in the U.S. with U.S. manufacturing partners targeting U.S. production start in 2028; the company is also building U.S. supply‑chain content to pursue domestic content bonuses under U.S. clean energy tax incentives.
  • Background and project details: CMBlu described an active 5 MW / 50 MWh pilot with Salt River Project (SRP) in the Phoenix area to demonstrate scaling toward very large data center loads, noted an existing commercial deployment with Mercedes‑Benz in Germany, and a pilot colocated with WEC in Milwaukee; the technology is aqueous (≈40% water / 60% solid), nonflammable, modular (standard ~10‑hour block, configurable 5–12+ hours), and intended to meet FEOC/domestic content requirements via local feedstock and U.S. manufacturing plans.
• Jun 3, 2026 · Google

  Google’s water stewardship commitments for local communities

  Google is announcing new water stewardship commitments to responsibly manage water at its data centers and to replenish more water than it consumes by 2030.

  • Main announcement: Google commits to replenish more water than it consumes at its sites by 2030, listing five specific commitments (replenishment ambition, infrastructure modernization, air-cooled solutions for at-risk watersheds, transparent annual reporting, and pursuing reclaimed water). In 2025 Google replenished more than 7 billion gallons, currently manages 165 water stewardship projects across 97 watersheds, and states that projects (once fully implemented) are expected to replenish more than 19 billion gallons annually by 2030. Google is also evaluating more than 700 projects submitted to its Water Replenishment RFI.
  • Background and implementation details: Google says it has committed over $500 million to water, wastewater and water reuse infrastructure to date and is announcing $17 million in support of new projects across seven U.S. states (Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas). Example partners/actions include Ducks Unlimited (wetlands enhancement, Flint River WMA), The Great Outdoors Foundation + Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (convert 5,000 acres to perennial systems), Huron River Watershed Council (expand green infrastructure), Trust for Public Land (restore 84 acres of floodplain forest), and local utility programs such as Metropolitan Utilities District’s leak detection; many projects are ongoing and repayment/implementation timelines target completion/increase in replenishment by 2030.
• Jun 3, 2026

  New Data Center Developments: June 2026

  Data Center Knowledge has published a monthly roundup of global data center developments.

  • Highlights include: CloudBurst breaking ground on a 1.2 GW flagship campus in Central Texas; Nvidia partnering with IREN to deploy up to 5 GW of global AI infrastructure with Texas’ Sweetwater as a flagship site; Prime Data Centers breaking ground on SMF02 (150,000 sq.ft, 18 MW IT load) in Sacramento; Applied Digital planning Delta Forge 1 — $3.6 billion, 300-acre AI campus in Boyce, Louisiana; Hive Digital/Buzz HPC planning an ~320 MW AI facility in the Greater Toronto Area.
  • Additional concrete items and timelines: SoftBank plans up to €75 billion to develop 5 GW in France (targeting 3.1 GW by 2031); Ardian & Verne’s €5 billion digital campus (500 MW, with 200+ MW by 2030); TotalEnergies’ €100 million Pangea 5 supercomputer investment; Arcem’s Joroinen site delivering 60 MW by 2027 and 100 MW by 2029; CDC Data Centres’ 555 MW contract to be delivered with operations commencing in FY28 and FY29. All items are factual summaries from the article.
• Jun 2, 2026

  Climate Change Solutions - June 2, 2026

  EESI announced its new analysis of bipartisanship on climate and energy in the 119th Congress and is hosting its 29th annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency EXPO on June 24.

  • Main announcement: EESI released a new analysis of bipartisanship on environmental, energy, and climate bills (analysis covers January–March 2026) and is convening EXPO 2026 on June 24, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Rayburn House Office Building (Gold Room and Foyer) and online (reception 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.); event is free and open to the public with RSVP available.
  • Additional details / context: The newsletter summarizes congressional activity including the House Appropriations Committee advancing the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2027 (H.R.9022), multiple geothermal bills advanced by the House Committee on Natural Resources (e.g., Geo Act H.R.301, H.R.398, H.R.1077, H.R.1687, H.R.5617, H.R.5631, H.R.5638), introduction and markup of the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R.8870), and the Community Flood Resilience Act (H.R.9056) introduced by Reps. Andrew Garbarino and Gregory Meeks.
• Jun 2, 2026

  DOE’s Agora Simulates AI Data Center Power Challenges on the Grid

  The US Department of Energy has launched the Agora test platform to simulate the electrical behavior of hyperscale AI data centers and study their impacts on grid stability.

  • Main announcement: DOE launched Agora, a first-of-its-kind large-load grid integration test bed that replicates AI data center electrical behavior to provide insights for grid stability and resilience; the article situates this alongside ERCOT’s dedicated modeling work and Texas A&M’s 105-page dynamic modeling manual.
  • Background and details: Utilities and vendors (notably ERCOT, Texas A&M, and Schneider Electric) have spent roughly two years focused on supply-side capacity; the new work shifts emphasis to fault ride-through, reconnection behavior, fast ramping, and multi-gigawatt demand dynamics, and cites ERCOT/Texas A&M goals to study disturbance ride-through, post-fault recovery, and transient stability.