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AI Data Centers Drive Growth in Temporary Worker Villages

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Developers are turning to temporary villages, commonly known as man camps, to house the large workforce required to build new AI data centers.

  • This trend harks back to housing solutions used in remote oil fields and reflects the demands created by the latest technological developments.
  • In Dickens County, Texas, a former Bitcoin mining facility is being transformed into a 1.6 gigawatt data center, with workers accommodated in facilities that include a gym, laundromat, game rooms, and cafeteria.
  • Target Hospitality has secured contracts worth $132 million to supply and operate the worker accommodations in Dickens County, capable of housing over 1,000 workers.
  • The company sees the booming U.S. data center construction as a vast growth opportunity. Its chief commercial officer, Troy Schrenk, highlights it as an unprecedented business pipeline.
  • Target Hospitality also operates the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, which has faced allegations of poor conditions, such as food contamination and inadequate dietary accommodations for detained families.