The World’s Largest Data Center Rises in Texas

kottke.org May 02, 2025 By Jason Kottke

Photographer Stephen Voss has been working on a project about data centers and recently travelled to Abilene, Texas to document the first data center built as part of the Stargate Project. When completed, it will be the largest data center in the world. Here’s a short drone video he took of the project:

“The place was mesmerizing and deeply unsettling,” Voss told me over email. “When finished, it’ll have the power demands of a mid-sized city and is on a piece of land that’s the size of Central Park.”

The video immediately reminded me of Edward Burtynsky’s work that documents “the impacts of human industry on the planet”.

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Photographer Stephen Voss has been working on a project about data centers and recently travelled to Abilene, Texas to document the first data center built as part of the Stargate Project. When completed, it will be the largest data center in the world. Here’s a short drone video he took of the project:

“The place was mesmerizing and deeply unsettling,” Voss told me over email. “When finished, it’ll have the power demands of a mid-sized city and is on a piece of land that’s the size of Central Park.”

The video immediately reminded me of Edward Burtynsky’s work that documents “the impacts of human industry on the planet”.

Tags: Edward Burtynsky · Stephen Voss · video

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