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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Friday that the company will phase out Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around mid-2027 to make room for increased Cybercab robotaxi production. Musk did not say whether the Cybertruck would be produced elsewhere or discontinued entirely.
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO; Wes Morrill, Cybertruck lead engineer; Tesla, company
IREN, a cloud service provider backed by Nvidia, said Microsoft requested changes to networking equipment at a data center project in Childress, Texas, delaying when the company expects to reach $4 billion in annual recurring revenue from year-end to January or February 2027.
$$9.7 billion for contract value for data center project
IREN, cloud service provider; project developer; Microsoft, customer; requested equipment changes; Daniel Roberts, IREN co-CEO; spoke on earnings call
Microsoft will not exercise an option to more than double its existing agreement with AI cloud provider Nscale for computing power at a Texas data center. The decision was made several months ago, before Nscale's September IPO filing, and does not affect the existing Texas contract.
$tens of billions of dollars for potential deal extension value
Microsoft, company declining to expand data center agreement; Nscale, AI cloud provider offering expanded agreement; Gina Hinojosa, governor-elect
Elon Musk pointed to space-based computing on November 4, 2026, as investor concerns grew about potential tighter limits on AI data center construction following Democrats' takeover of Congress and Democrat Gina Hinojosa's projected victory in the Texas gubernatorial election. Data center stocks fell in premarket trading.
$approximately $17 billion for private investment in space hardware
Elon Musk, Discussed space-based computing on X platform; Gina Hinojosa, Democrat who won Texas gubernatorial election, supports data center moratorium; Chamath Palihapitiya, Investor who discussed space infrastructure opportunities on X and 1 more
Democrat Gina Hinojosa won the Texas governor's race on November 3, defeating Republican incumbent Greg Abbott. Democrats also won the U.S. Senate seat and took control of the Texas House for the first time in 24 years. Hinojosa campaigned on halting new data center projects. Stock prices for data center companies fell on the results.
$5% for stock price decline
Gina Hinojosa, Democrat, Texas governor-elect; Greg Abbott, Republican incumbent governor; James Talarico, Democrat, won U.S. Senate seat and 4 more
Google proposed a data center campus near Palo that would use 10.4 million gallons of water per day. The facility would draw power from the Duane Arnold Energy Center and water from the Cedar River. Google presented evaporative cooling technology at an October 22 public meeting.
$10.4 million gallons per day for water usage
Google, data center developer; Kiran Udayakumar, technical program manager for utility infrastructure strategy and planning at Google
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced that an agency-wide performance review uncovered systemic failures in employment eligibility verification practices and federal Form I-9 compliance dating back approximately 20 years. The agency will not contest legitimate federal penalties.
$approximately $5 million or more for federal civil penalties for I-9 compliance failures
Don Huffines, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts