It is an ideal location for bribing politicians. That was at the top of the reqs list, infrastructure was at the bottom.

There is a 14 mile tunnel to nowhere in Ellis County which could probably house a few hundred billions worth of computers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider...

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2010/12/abandoned-remains-of-s...

Like dwnw said, anything goes in Texas if you have money and there’s already a decent number of qualified tech workers. Corporate taxes are super low as well.

Texas seems to be where Oracle already has a DC project underway

a lot of open space - desert - and plenty of solar energy. and favorable politics.

because best state, next question

Leading state in new grid battery and grid solar installations for the last three years, and deregulated nuclear power last year. Abilene is near the Dallas Fort-Worth Metroplex area which has a massive 8M+ upper-income population highly skilled in hardware and electrical engineering (Texas Instruments, Raytheon, Toyota, etc). The entire area has massive tracts of open land that are affordably priced without building restrictions. Business regulations and tax environment at the state and city level are very laissez faire (no taxes on construction such as in the Seattle area or many parts of California).

I could see DFW being a good candidate for a prototype arcology project.