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After years of hardship, Texas agriculture faces a new threat: data centers

KTTZ | By Jayme Lozano Carver
Published September 1, 2026 at 5:58 AM CDT
Cheyenne Buerger carries buckets of cotton seed from a trailer to a trough for his cows on Aug. 19, 2026. Buerger's family farm sits near the Haskell Co. line in Jones County; he can see Google's data center rising in the distance just over 4 miles to the northeast.
Ronald W. Erdrich
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The Texas Tribune
Cheyenne Buerger carries buckets of cotton seed from a trailer to a trough for his cows on Aug. 19, 2026. Buerger's family farm sits near the Haskell Co. line in Jones County; he can see Google's data center rising in the distance just over 4 miles to the northeast.

From the Texas Tribune:

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At least 248 data centers are planned67% of data centers nationwide are in rural areas
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Jayme Lozano Carver
Jayme Lozano Carver