Wall Street Is Pairing Up With the Army to Build Data Centers

Photo: Buffalo Soldier Gate at Fort Bliss, Texas, where a new data center is set to be built on March 25, 2026. Photo credit: Sgt. Michael West via DVIDS. Public Domain. Article by Derek Seidman. Truthout – May 11, 2026.

Two trends, seemingly separate, have been accelerating over the past few years. First, Wall Street has been plowing billions of dollars into financing data centers. Second, the U.S. military has been ramping up its use of artificial intelligence (AI). Now, these two trends are directly merging. In late March 2026, the U.S. Army announced its selection of companies to build and operate two hyperscaled data centers on two different military installations. […]

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