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DCOA and city describe data-center interest; officials say developers addressed water and energy concerns

2245550 · February 6, 2025
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The Development Corporation of Abilene and city leaders discussed recent data center recruitment activity and said prospective operators are addressing water use and energy resiliency through closed-loop cooling and power planning.

City and economic development officials addressed recent attention on data-center development and said prospective operators have outlined steps to limit water and grid impacts.

Misty Mayo, president and CEO of the Development Corporation of Abilene (DCOA), and other speakers described multi-year recruitment that brought data-center developers to the area. Mayo said the DCOA has partnered to attract more than 40 project expansions in recent years…

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