Fort Worth project highlights scale of data center expansion
While several Oklahoma cities are weighing proposals for $1 billion data centers, a much larger project proposed on the southeast side of Fort Worth, Texas, underscores how massive some developments tied to artificial intelligence and cloud computing have become.
According to reporting by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, developers have proposed a $10 billion hyperscale data center campus, making it one of the largest known projects of its kind in the region.
Rezoning approval clears major hurdle
The developers, Black Mountain Power, recently obtained rezoning approval for approximately 400 acres from the Fort Worth Zoning Commission during a meeting held last week. The approval represents a key step in advancing the project, which requires large tracts of land and flexible zoning due to the infrastructure demands of hyperscale data centers…