1. Wind-Powered Data Center Project On Hold

    Wind-Powered Data Center Project On Hold

    An oft-delayed project to build a major wind-powered data center is on hold again. Backers of WindData have scrapped plans to build a campus in a suburb of Austin that was to feature as many as five data centers. The Baryonyx Corp. says it is no longer considering a 50-acre site in Pflugerville that had been the focus of its development efforts over the past year. “The project is alive and well and we are trying to determine the very best site to locate a data center in the greater Austin area,” Graeme Walker, the chief financial officer of Baryonyx Corp., told the Austin Statesman, who cited “complications” in due diligence for the original site and said the company may seek alternative sites in Pflugerville.

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