ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - Construction projects have popped up all over town, and things at the Abilene Data Center are well underway. It was January 2025 when it was announced that Abilene would be the center of the Stargate project, and now, progress is moving quickly.

Dichelle Burrus with DPR Construction is one of the project leads for the site. She said once the idea came to the Key City, they immediately got to work on the large-scale project.

"Probably four or five years ago, the folks at Lancium really wanted to bring some new industry here to the Abilene market. The Abilene area is honestly very rich in power and energy that could be supplied to different markets," Burus explained. "480,000 cubic yards of concrete — you assume kind of an average house foundation slab is usual

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