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Texas overtakes Virginia as top data center market amid AI boom

Texas has surpassed Northern Virginia as the top global market for data center development, driven by the immense power and land requirements of AI infrastructure. Dallas now leads primary markets, with Austin-San Antonio and West Texas also ranking highly in secondary and tertiary categories. The report highlights that power availability and land constraints are increasingly dictating site selection for large-scale AI deployments, influencing developers to look beyond traditional hubs. AI

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IMPACT AI infrastructure demand is reshaping global data center development, prioritizing power and land availability over latency.

RANK_REASON Report on data center market rankings influenced by AI infrastructure demand. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Texas overtakes Virginia as top data center market amid AI boom

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  1. Data Center Knowledge TIER_1 · Shane Snider ·

    Texas Powers Past Virginia in Global Data Center Rankings

    Dallas, West Texas, and Austin-San Antonio climbed Cushman’s global rankings as AI infrastructure chases power and land.