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Texas always has plenty of companies eager to build here. But more than ever, their main question is: Can we plug in?
In Site Selection’s latest survey, cost and availability of utilities tied with workforce talent as the top priorities of corporate location decision-makers. Texas remains their favorite destination, earning the publication’s No. 1 business-climate ranking for the fourth consecutive year. But electricity is clearly on the minds of companies deciding where to build and expand.
That helps explain SOLV Energy’s approximately $45M acquisition of Amarillo-based ASB Energy Services this week. ASB builds substation foundations and battery-storage infrastructure, giving SOLV more capacity to serve the data centers and industrial businesses that need power to grow.
Power infrastructure is one part of a busy week in Texas deals that also brought a $730M satellite funding round and acquisitions spanning AI security, consumer health, and energy. Before we get to the full roundup, pH Partners examines Austin-based Nuclein and its effort to deliver lab-grade PCR results during a single patient visit.