To house the hundreds or thousands of temporary workers needed to build an AI data center, developers are increasingly relying on temporary villages known as man camps.
This style of camping became popular in this way Housing for men working in remote oil fields. For example, a Bitcoin mining facility in rural Dickens County, Texas has been converted into a 1.6 gigawatt data center, Bloomberg report Its employees are living in gray housing units with access to a gym, laundromat, game room, and a cafeteria that grills steaks on demand.
A company called Target Hospitality has signed multiple contracts totaling $132 million to build and operate the Dickens County camp, which could eventually house more than 1,000 workers.
Target apparently sees the US data center construction boom as its most attractive growth opportunity, with Chief Commercial Officer Troy Schrenk describing it as “the biggest, most actionable pipeline I’ve ever seen.”
target also Dilly owns the Immigration Processing Center In Texas, where families are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Court filings allege the center’s food contains bugs and mold, and children with allergies and special diets are suffering without accommodations.
