# The Download: Texas’s fragile AI boom and energy policy shifts

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1 outlet covering · First listed: MIT Technology Review, Nov 5, 2026, 7:10 AM · Read it: <https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/11/05/1144908/the-download-texas-fragile-ai-boom-us-energy-policy/>

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Texas was the new epicenter of the AI data center buildout. That might be kaput. Texas is the fastest-growing data center market in the US and ground zero for Big Tech’s…

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- Nov 5, 2026, 7:10 AM: [The Download: Texas’s fragile AI boom and energy policy shifts](<https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/11/05/1144908/the-download-texas-fragile-ai-boom-us-energy-policy/>) — MIT Technology Review (Magazine, United States)
  This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Texas was the new epicenter of the AI data center buildout. That might be kaput. Texas is the fastest-growing data center market in the US and ground zero for Big Tech’s…