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Recent Texas data center news

• Jul 22, 2026

  Patented: Cardio Voyage Innovations’ Dual Heart Valve Device and 172 More Inventions Across North Texas

  Dallas Innovates reports that Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 in U.S. patent production for the week of June 23, 2026, with 173 patents granted.

  • 173 patents granted across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area; the region ranked No. 8 among 250 metros for the week of June 23, 2026.
  • The article is a news roundup/commentary on granted patents, not a first-time product or funding announcement; it highlights patents spanning medical devices, AI, transportation, energy, HVAC, networking, and manufacturing.
  • No contact emails or phone numbers are provided in the text.
  • The story references multiple local inventors and assignees, including Cardio Voyage Innovations, DFW International Airport Board, BNSF Railway, Texas Instruments, Toyota, Halliburton, and Lennox.
• Jul 22, 2026

  Kevin Ooley Named to Observer’s A.I. Power Index

  DataBank announced that CFO Kevin Ooley has been named to Observer’s 2026 A.I. Power Index.

  • Kevin Ooley, DataBank Chief Financial Officer, was named to Observer’s 2026 A.I. Power Index on July 21, 2026.
  • DataBank said its development credit facility was expanded from $725 million to $1.6 billion, supporting an expansion pipeline of nearly 20 projects and capacity growth from 60 MW to 107 MW across priority U.S. markets.
  • The article is a company press release and frames Ooley as a capital allocator influencing AI infrastructure funding; it includes a link to the 2026 A.I. Power Index and a short quote from Ooley.
• Jul 21, 2026

  Built in Fort Worth: Wistron Opens Advanced Manufacturing Plant to Produce NVIDIA AI Systems

  Wistron has announced the opening of its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, to produce superchips for NVIDIA AI systems.

  • The 324,000-square-footD1 facility is now operating in Fort Worth and currently has two manufacturing cells: one for the NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip and one for the NVIDIA Vera Rubin Superchip.
  • Wistron says the plant represents a $700 million commitment and has created over 500 jobs, with plans to reach 1,000 jobs by the end of the year; the facility was designed and simulated virtually before construction using NVIDIA tools including Omniverse, Nemotron, Cosmos, Metropolis, and PhysicsNeMo.
• Jul 21, 2026

  Roundup: Nexus Technology Cup / Delfin LNG facility / Grid under pressure

  Delfin has advanced its second floating LNG vessel project off Louisiana, while the article also cites a Bloomberg forecast on U.S. data center electricity demand.

  • Delfin issued a limited notice-to-proceed to Siemens Energy for key equipment on a second floating LNG vessel off Louisiana as part of the more than $24 billion Delfin LNG project.
  • The project will be developed in phases; this contract advances phase two, and Delfin is targeting a final investment decision on the second phase before year-end. The article also says U.S. data centers could use about 20% of U.S. electricity by 2035 and face a 19-gigawatt power shortfall.
• Jul 20, 2026

  Roundup: Pennington / Judge blocks media merger / BlackRock backs data center

  BlackRock is seeking to sell more than $12 billion in bonds to finance Meta’s AI-focused data center campus in El Paso, Texas.

  • Debt financing: BlackRock plans to issue more than $12 billion in bonds through a holding company that owns 80% of the project, while Meta owns 20%.
  • The El Paso data center is expected to open in 2028; the article says Meta has used a similar financing model for its Hyperion data center project in Louisiana.

  The piece also reports that LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center received a five-year grant renewal, and that a federal judge temporarily blocked Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

  • Grant renewal: LSU’s center received a five-year, $5.66 million renewal of its Nutrition Obesity Research Center grant from the NIH institute NIDDK, extending support through 2031.
  • Merger pause: A federal judge blocked Paramount’s proposed $81 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery for at least 14 days; a hearing on a preliminary injunction is scheduled for Aug. 3.
• Jul 20, 2026

  Data centres, rising demand, and Alberta's energy bills

  The Pembina Institute published an analysis arguing that Alberta’s proposed approach to powering data centres could raise electricity costs and emissions, and urging better policy on grid access, efficiency, storage, and flexible demand.

  • The article says Alberta’s BYOG (bring your own generation) framework would effectively require new data centres to add gas-fired generation, limiting cleaner options even when renewables and storage could be cheaper and faster to build.
  • It cites Meta’s recently announced 1,800 MW data centre in Sturgeon County and says the project was acknowledged by Alberta officials as carrying up to a 6% decrease on the transmission portion of consumer bills, equal to about $1.50/month for the average household.
  • The piece is commentary/analysis, not a fresh project announcement, and it references other jurisdictions such as Nevada, Texas, and Minnesota as examples of data-centre power procurement using cleaner resources.
• Jul 17, 2026

  Project Tango Denial Challenges Wall Street's AI Power Bet

  Palm Beach County has rejected Project Tango, a proposed 600 MW AI-focused campus, after commissioners voted 5–1 against the application. The story is an analysis of local permitting risk and AI load forecasting, not a first-person corporate announcement.

  • Commissioners voted 5–1 to reject Project Tango, despite months of redesigns, updated technical studies, and a recommendation for approval from county planning staff.
  • Jefferies estimated Florida Power & Light’s capital plan through 2032 includes about 6 GW of prospective data center load, equal to roughly $12 billion in capital investment and 12% of planned spending; the denial was without prejudice.
  • The filing described Project Tango as a 600 MW campus supporting AI and cloud workloads and relying on battery energy storage rather than routine diesel-generator operation.
• Jul 17, 2026

  United States Data Center & Digital Infrastructure Company Csquare NYSE IPO Share Price Decreased -1.6% on Day 1 Trading (16/7/26: IPO Price $21, Closing $20.67) to $3.2 Billion Market Value & Raised $1 Billion in IPO, Founded in 2024 as Centersquare by Canada $1 Trillion Brookfield Asset Management (Brookfield Infrastructure Partners) with Merger of Cyxtera Technologies & Evoque Data Center Solutions

  Csquare has announced its IPO results and day-one trading performance, with the article also referencing the earlier IPO pricing and valuation.

  • Csquare shares fell 1.6% on the first trading day (IPO price: $21; close: $20.67), giving the company a $3.2 billion market value after raising $1 billion in the IPO.
  • The piece says Csquare was founded in 2024 as Centersquare by Brookfield Asset Management through the merger of Cyxtera Technologies and Evoque Data Center Solutions; it also states the company had been aiming to raise $1.4 billion at a $4.2 billion valuation with an expected listing on 16 July 2026.
• Jul 17, 2026

  New York State just hit pause on the AI data center boom

  New York State has announced a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers while it develops a regulatory framework for permitting, community impacts, and grid protection.

  • Governor Kathy Hochul signed an Executive Order described as the “nation’s first moratorium” on new hyperscale data centers, with the state halting environmental permits for up to one year.
  • New York will create a Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) and a Community Investment Framework (CIF) within 60 days; the article also says the state is considering a fund tied to aging grid infrastructure and clean energy procurement.
  • The proposed community contribution is $1 million per megawatt (MW) of anticipated utility demand per project, implying $50 million for 50 MW and $400 million for 400 MW.
  • The piece is a news analysis/commentary article about policy and industry impacts, not a first-hand company announcement; it references prior and current policy moves in New York and quotes analysts on likely market effects.
• Jul 16, 2026

  FERC Orders Mandatory NERC Reliability Standards for Data Center and Other Computational Loads

  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered NERC to develop mandatory reliability standards and registry criteria for computational loads, including data centers and crypto mining operations, by year-end 2026.

  • Phase I filing due Dec. 31, 2026: NERC must file one or more new or modified reliability standards for integrating computational loads, plus related Glossary updates and Rules of Procedure changes, including registry criteria for entities to be directly covered.
  • Phase II plan due Mar. 1, 2027: NERC must submit an informational filing describing its work plan for additional standards; FERC cited grid disturbances, including a 1,500 MW data-center load loss and crypto load ride-through events in ERCOT, as evidence of urgency.