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New Era Energy & Digital JV expanding TCDC campus to 438 acres
workloads from prospective hyperscale and enterprise tenants already engaged in commercial discussions with the Company.
Positioned near major fiber routes, intrastate natural-gas pipelines and CO₂ corridors, the site enhances project economics by shortening development timelines and supporting efficient integration of power, cooling and digital systems.
New Era Energy & Digital has announced that Texas Critical
Data Centers( TCDC) – its 50 / 50 joint venture with Sharon AI – has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement for an additional 203 contiguous acres outside Odessa, Texas.
This expansion increases the total TCDC development footprint to 438 acres, enabling the long-term buildout of a multi-phase, multi-gigawatt AI and high-performance computing( HPC) campus engineered to scale well beyond 1 GW.
The enlarged site provides the land, energy access, and infrastructure proximity required to meet soaring demand for GPU-intensive
As New Era’ s flagship development, TCDC is being designed with advanced energy and cooling technologies, while maintaining optionality for carbon capture, utilization and storage( CCUS) solutions. Upon completion, the development is expected to generate durable recurring revenue through long-term data-center leases, power sales and flexible commercial structures suited for AI operators.
With the land expansion secured, TCDC is advancing engineering, master planning, interconnection studies and civil development in preparation for Phase 1 construction in 2026.
Together with New Era’ s recently announced 7 GW AI-data-center land position in New Mexico, the TCDC campus underscores the company’ s transition into a vertically integrated platform that unifies land, power and compute for hyperscale AI growth across the western United States.
Metronet Fiber claims a first among dedicated fiber providers
Metronet has confirmed expansion of its 100 % fiber-optic network to three million homes and businesses – claimed as a first among dedicated fiber providers and a milestone in the two-decade shift toward faster, more reliable all-fiber connectivity across the US.
The achievement follows the July announcement that Metronet has been acquired by a joint venture of T-Mobile and KKR. Under its new ownership, Metronet evolved into a wholesale builder and operator of fiber-optic networks used by T-Mobile Fiber for residential customers and microbusinesses and by Metronet itself for commercial customers.
“ Metronet has built the strongest construction capacity in the industry, bringing world-class digital infrastructure to new cities at a pace that is unparalleled among pure-play fiber builders,” said Dave Heimbach, Metronet’ s CEO.
“ Through our partnership with T-Mobile Fiber, Metronet will be bringing its award-winning multi-Gig Internet service to millions more Americans.”
The speed of Metronet’ s network-expansion efforts continues to accelerate. The company reached its first one million locations 17 years after its founding. It took just two more years to reach two million and then a little more than one year to surpass three million.
To complement its organic growth, Metronet is making strategic acquisitions. In September, the company closed on the purchase of Minneapolis-based fiber ISP US Internet, Metronet’ s seventh acquisition in seven years.
In total, Metronet’ s fiber network now serves more than 300 communities across 19 states, with additional state launches to be announced soon.
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