Denton city leaders will hold a vote in September that could add $385 million to the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget for Fiscal Year 2026 through 2027. The obligations discussed during the City Council’s Aug. 4 meeting would significantly expand the city’s...
Riot Platforms has signed a $9.1 billion, 20-year agreement to provide 191 megawatts of data center capacity at its Rockdale campus in Milam County, about 60 miles northeast of Austin, to Anthropic, maker of the Claude AI chatbot. The agreement, which runs through...
The Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO) this week announced a temporary pause on billions of dollars in disbursements of federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding. The pause, which went into effect Monday and will remain in place until...
The City of Frisco is moving forward with voter-approved bond construction work. At their August meeting, City Council members unanimously authorized the issuance of $87.8 million in general obligation bonds to fund a variety of public safety, transportation and parks...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a moratorium on data center development this month that will remain in place until the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) audit and review their operations. Since the...
