By Anton Riecher
Lytle and area residents seeking information about the massive Project Cinco data center project expected to begin construction this year crowded into Lytle High School Monday evening to meet with company officials in an “open house” setting.
Mayor Ruben Gonzalez said the community got the answers to its concerns.
“I think the greatest thing that came out of this, because people had a lot of questions, is understanding,” Gonzalez said. “I can tell you that a majority of the people felt very satisfied with the answers they got.”
To be located on a 440-acre site near the Coal Mine neighborhood, Project Cinco is described as a “hyperscaler” project – a large scale built-to-suit data center that will provide data storage and Cloud computing services to millions of users.
Martin Romo, senior director of economic development and external affairs with Rowan Digital Infrastructure, the company building the data center, said the term “hyperscaler” references the CONTINUE READING by logging in at www.devinenewsmembers.com
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Transmission lines are sufficient for the FIRST PHASE of the 300-megawatt facility Rowan said, and representatives stated they will work to best offset the water use.
The exact amount of water needed is still unknown. They are estimating 1.5 million gallons for initial startup according to Romo who explained that water “will maintain the system for several years before potentially needing to be replaced.” Data centers generally use water to generate the electricity and as a liquid coolant to dissipate the heat generated by the servers and other data center equipment.
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