Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the company will wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas gigafactory around mid-2027 to free up space for increased Cybercab production. The Cybertruck will be the only model phased out; production may move elsewhere or end entirely.
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IREN, a cloud provider backed by Nvidia, said Microsoft requested changes to networking equipment for a data center project in Childress, Texas, causing delays. IREN now expects to reach $4 billion in annual operating revenue by January or February instead of year-end.
$$9.7 billion for data center project contract value
Microsoft, requesting party for equipment changes; IREN, Nvidia-backed cloud provider building the data center project; Daniel Roberts, IREN co-CEO
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
Cipher Digital, which operates industrial-scale data centers for bitcoin mining and high-performance computing, added a 70MW Horizon site in Texas to its portfolio.
$70MW for data center capacity
Cipher Digital, company adding data center site; KBW, analyst firm rating the company
The National Weather Service is forecasting widespread showers and thunderstorms across Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley Saturday and Sunday, with potential for heavy rainfall and localized flooding. An unsettled weather pattern will bring rain probabilities of 50% to 80%.