Building a Single AI Data Center in Texas Could Cost $30 Billion, Bloomberg Analysis Shows

Bloomberg's analysis of infrastructure costs reveals the staggering expense behind modern AI computing facilities, with a single gigawatt-scale data center in Abilene, Texas estimated to cost approximately $30 billion. This breakdown—conducted in partnership with real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield—exposes why technology companies face tens of billions in capital expenditures to build the computing infrastructure demanded by artificial intelligence workloads.