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Texas has become the new Silicon Valley – here’s why

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Stargate, a joint venture between tech firms OpenAI , SoftBank and Oracle , will invest $500 billion ( 405 billion ) in AI infrastructure over the next four years .

The project’s first one million-square-foot data centre will be based in Abilene in western Texas .

The move to build Stargate outside Silicon Valley is the latest sign of Texas 's growing stature as a tech powerhouse.

The president has been highly critical of offshore wind turbines an energy source in which California has invested billions of dollars .

He signed an executive order last Monday blocking new wind projects.

Mr Trump has previously described windmills as an economic and environmental disaster’ Mr Capriglione said Texans value family, conservative government and freedom.