I talked about this yesterday with a classmate from Abilene.
Abilene is grassy plain. The grasses are what keeps the dirt in place, so less water means more dust storms. Losing the grasses also means that cattle grazing - an economic tentpole of west Texas - is gone.
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OpenAI's first data center in $500 billion Stargate project is open in Texas, with sites coming in New Mexico and Ohio
OpenAI and Oracle are betting big on America's AI future, bringing online the flagship site of the $500 billion Stargate program in Abilene, Texas.