Texas is building 12% less this year housing as the population grows. A 43% drop in 3 years.
They are building 53 data centers with 19 under construction currently and no water can be spared.
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"Tech enterprises are not merely making it more expensive for non-tech enterprises to finance construction projects. Theyβre bidding up the cost of labor, land, and materials." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
The economic system that is being created will be enormously successful at generating private wealth while becoming progressively less successful at sustaining the society on which that wealth depends
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"Is the tech boom offsetting these other downturns or causing them? Thatβs the big question facing Dallas and the rest of the United States."
What the Economy Is Sacrificing to AI
Every investment is a trade-off.
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ββ¦ AI-linked firms are currently building 543 data centers, and 2,513 more are in the pipeline. Spending β¦ has increased [65%] β¦ At the same time, the amount devoted to building housing and retail outlets has dropped [10%]. Spending on β¦ education facilities is down [13%] β¦β
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