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Northwest Austin Data Center Rises as Neighbors Say They Were Kept in the Dark

Neighbors in Northwest Austin are frustrated by a lack of transparency from SB Energy regarding its Cosmos Technology Campus, which federal filings reveal to be a 50-megawatt data center, despite being pitched as an office and engineering lab. The city of Austin is now considering new zoning regulations for data centers, and the state of Texas has implemented a moratorium on new large data center grid connections.