Texas

The report examines a Texas data-center project and the power plant planned around it. It makes infrastructure, not model capability, the concrete subject of the story.

HN commenters used the project as a prompt to argue about grid planning, permitting, and whether compute growth is being priced honestly.

Commenters who've watched rural land deals say the pattern is routine: cash-starved counties sign no-strings deals with companies promising data centers, who sometimes just flip the land.

The bleaker observation cut civic: American zoning will let you walk to a data center but not to a grocery store.