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1. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Bob Campbell, Odessa American, Texas

   Perryman says data centers can be beneficial with protections (opens the original)

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   With Microsoft and Chevron joining forces to build a self-powered $7-billion AI data center 20 miles south of Pecos and with other companies envisaging similar plans, Waco economist Ray Perryman says there are justifiable concerns about ensuring that data centers do not lead to problems with the electricity supply or transmission capacity, although many of those concerns are being addressed. "From local communities to ERCOT, the issue is receiving attention and solutions are being sought," Perry

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2. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · Bob Campbell, Odessa American, Texas

   Pecos AI center scrutinized amid governor’s strict requirements (opens the original)

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   With Gov. Greg Abbott weighing in big time to protect residential electricity ratepayers from the costs of data centers, a landmark $7-billion Microsoft-Chevron AI data center and natural gas power plant 20 miles south of Pecos have come under an even bigger spotlight than they already were. However, Odessa oilman Kirk Edwards says the governor's well-founded concerns can be answered and the Permian Basin is the perfect place for such economically beneficial projects. In a letter to the Public U

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