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Texas AI Data Center: A $30B Price Tag
Building and equipping a 1-gigawatt AI data center in Abilene, Texas, could incur costs of approximately $30 billion. This estimate, from Cushman & Wakefield and Bloomberg Intelligence, includes about $17 billion for semiconductors and servers, $3 billion for power systems, and $2.4 billion for construction. Significant expenses and lengthy lead times are also associated with essential equipment like transformers, generators, and cooling solutions.
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