Texas is America Inc's new centre of gravity
andsoitis
25 points
11 comments
June 05, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
sameers
https://archive.ph/2g0QI
jnakano89
About half of America’s off-grid energy projects are in Texas. The OpenAI/Oracle data center in Shackelford County is running on its own gas plant. That’s the real Texas advantage. It’s not just taxes or cheap power. It’s that you can put the power plant and the inference cluster in the same operating loop to avoid waiting years in an interconnection queue.
cactacea
> In the early 2020s Texas was luring in remote workers And not a single one of the people I know that moved there want to still live there. ymmv I guess
Rover222
California is an incredible example of how to drop the ball when running a powerful state. Texas is of course on the other end of the spectrum in terms of regulation and being business-friendly. Something more in the middle of the two is obviously ideal.