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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice recently briefed its board on a portfolio of major IT projects, most of which are funded by the state’s capital budget and in early procurement stages.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the investment is the first time the company will build AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S.
The system’s radar advance detection devices must be capable of accurately detecting up to 25 approaching or departing vehicles in up to five lanes of traffic.
Data centers in Texas accounted for 4.5 percent of the total state electricity consumed in 2023, according to the nonprofit electricity researcher the Electric Power Research Institute.
The state’s largest agency, the Health and Human Services Commission, will receive a more than $1 billion capital budget for information resource technology acquisitions under SB 1.
The desired ERP solution will integrate finance, procurement and human capital management.
Before joining LDS, Smith spent 24 years with AT&T, climbing the ladder from customer service representative to client solutions executive for Texas agencies.
The city’s vision for the new system involves increased automation, allowing personnel to reduce manned operations from 24/7 dedicated monitoring.
“That one group of tilt-wall warehouses full of computers in Abilene by 2030 will use almost twice as much of electricity as the entire Rio Grande Valley uses on any given day,” said one state senator.
Collected data must be made accessible via a customizable web-based platform with a graphical user interface displaying tracked vehicle locations.
“We start with a single one, go to tens by the end of the year and then, over the course of the next five years, go to like, hundreds and then, eventually, thousands,” said a spokesperson for trucking company Aurora.
According to James Huang, who is also the agency’s deputy chief information officer of AI, HHSC maintains 488 client-critical applications, 128 of which are legacy.
The development will be across from Meta’s hyperscale data center campus, which is under construction.
Denton’s adopted budget includes $1.3 million for the requested HMI upgrades.
Notable projects include intelligent transportation systems, video management systems, application technology and passenger information display upgrades.
The project would add 37 full-time jobs with average annual salaries of at least $150,000 by the end of 2034.
The city has also increased its Technology Services Fund from $22 million to $25 million to account for four new positions.
Vendors who can provide information regarding new technologies related to national, international, state and regional service coverage are encouraged to respond.
According to the city's procurement plan, a vast majority of the projected spending will be focused in its Fleet Management Department.
The city is searching for an all-in-one solution that will modernize and streamline its public health operations.
The key features of this app allow residents to submit online forms to report issues to various city departments.
Senate Bill 6 would require companies seeking to develop power-hungry facilities to pay a fee of at least $100,000 to apply to connect to the power grid, so those not serious about building are weeded out.
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