Texas is Already Winning:
Momentum is Its Own Argument
Digital infrastructure capital is moving rapidly. Texas has established itself as the premier national destination, and the communities that act now will lock in generational tax benefits.
Here is something a lot of folks do not realize. Texas already employs close to 48,000 people directly in data centers. That is about 1 in 10 of every data center worker in the entire country, and our numbers are up 38 percent since 2018.
Texas employs approximately 10% of the entire national data center operations workforce.
Data center employment in Texas expanded by 38% between 2018 and 2024.
Dallas-Fort Worth has grown to become the second-largest data center market in North America.
Industry projections forecast up to $500 billion spent in 2026, reaching $3 trillion by 2028.
Market Stature
Dallas-Fort Worth is now the second-largest data center market in all of North America.
"This wave is already here. The communities that say yes are the ones building their tax base. The ones that hesitate just watch it land in the next county over."
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