Texas AI Boom Accelerates: In AI News This Week - Meta, Oracle, BlackRock & Fight Over Data Centers

Texas is rapidly becoming one of the most important AI infrastructure battlegrounds in America — and this week’s headlines made that impossible to ignore.In this episode of IntoTexas AI, host Shannon Belew breaks down five of the biggest AI stories shaping Texas during the week of May 4, 2026.This week’s roundup explores:Meta’s reported $13 billion financing package tied to a massive AI-focused data center project in El PasoDallas-based DataBank securing $2 billion to support Oracle AI infrastructure in Red OakBlackRock’s $30 million investment to train Texas electricians for the growing AI economyRackspace and AMD expanding enterprise AI operations in San AntonioRising resistance from Texas communities concerned about the impact of large-scale AI data center growthThe episode examines how AI is reshaping:Texas infrastructureEnergy demandWorkforce developmentEnterprise technologyRural communitiesEconomic growth across the stateFrom hyperscale data centers to skilled labor shortages, this conversation looks at the physical realities behind the AI economy and why Texas is becoming one of the nation’s most important testing grounds for AI expansion.IntoTexas AI explores how artificial intelligence, infrastructure, investment and innovation are reshaping Texas.#AI #Texas #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters #Meta #Oracle #BlackRock #Rackspace #AMD #TexasBusiness #EnterpriseAI #Infrastructure #TechnologyPodcast #IntoTexasAI