Because these things are heat islands and looking for cheap land.
Just the installed generating capacity for the current group of facilities in Texas is equal to 1/2 the power generation of all of Texas before the centers. That is a hell of a lot of refrigerators.
A group in Oklahoma did a report on the things. The investors are very coy about what they are doing they are also lying about the impacts.
Electricity? Talk about RAISE YOUR RATES. Our local coop says that the cost of everything they used to provide our power is increasing just from AI center competition.
They’re going to be generating their own power, just as Navy subs do. They may even be able to generate emergency power for the regions around them if needed.