Wind farm revenue gap prompts Briscoe County to consider abatements for data center plan

  • ACROSS RURAL WESTERN BRISCOE COUNTY turbines make use of a commodity the area has in abundance—wind. | CAPROCK COURIER
    ACROSS RURAL WESTERN BRISCOE COUNTY turbines make use of a commodity the area has in abundance—wind. | CAPROCK COURIER

    For Briscoe County and other counties in rural parts of the Texas Panhandle, it can be quite challenging to attract new businesses.

    The county did get one new business to come to Briscoe County: a renewable computing company, and they set up just south of Silverton off Highway 207.

    “We were able to move in and build 98 megawatts worth of renewable computing,” said Karl Shinn, regional lead for Solun…