For years, Texas has been one of the nation's most attractive markets for large-scale data center development. Now, that growth is starting to collide with a new reality: local communities want a bigger voice in what gets built around them.

Responding to market growth in energy and infrastructure in Texas, Silverline has welcomed a new Vice President, Mike Viesca.

Texas is leveraging its vast natural resources and taking advantage of its standing as a deregulated market to fuel over thousands of clean energy jobs, attract billions in private investment, and slash emissions — all while powering millions of homes with cost-effective energy.

At it’s core, the story of the clean energy transition is simple. It is the shift of the global economy from fossil fuels to instead run on carbon-free energy. It is a narrative with immense stakes. In this three-part series we will take a look Texas and the role it’s playing in the transition and possibly raising the stakes for those to follow.