Raymondville, TX (KRGV) — A company that specializes in data centers for Bitcoin mining and AI will hold a Thursday open house in Raymondville to discuss a second data center in Willacy County.

Soluna Computing will hold the community open house Thursday at the Raymondville Tourist Center, located at 501 S. 7th St., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The facility would sit across the road from Soluna’s first facility near Lyford, which mines bitcoin.

Soluna says the new facility would house powerful computers used for artificial intelligence. The company hopes to get the first phase running in 2028 and add 40 permanent jobs.

The big question now is how much water the data centers will use.

“We add the water up front, and then the water does that kind of thing in perpetuity. We don't have to continue to refill that system, we always attribute that to something akin to what a radiator does for your vehicle,” said Ben Carranza, Soluna’s director of community engagement.

The company plans to ask Willacy County for another tax break. Willacy County already approved a 15-year tax abatement for its first data center.