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Abilene

American  
[ab-uh-leen] / ˈæb əˌlin /

noun

  1. a city in central Texas.


Abilene British  
/ ˈæbɪˌliːn /

noun

  1. a city in central Texas. Pop: 114 889 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Earlier this year, Nvidia made a $2 billion investment into Lancium, the power developer behind a campus in Abilene, Texas, where OpenAI rents computing capacity from Oracle, according to people familiar with that deal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

On D-Day, a local orchestra played at Eisenhower’s library in Abilene, Kan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Recent reports of delays or curtailment of Oracle’s Abilene data center, which is being built for OpenAI, did not negatively impact RPO this quarter, Moerdler added.

From MarketWatch Mar. 11, 2026

Oracle and OpenAI are pulling back on expanding their data center project in Abilene, Texas, a source familiar with the matter told Barron’s on Friday.

From Barron's Mar. 6, 2026

It was because he had not loved Abilene enough.

From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo

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