ICE収容施設運営会社、AI関連労働者向けキャンプに大きな機会を見出す

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9:30 AM PDT · March 8, 2026

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To house the hundreds or thousands of temporary workers needed to build an AI data center, developers are increasingly relying on temporary villages known as man camps.

This style of camp was popularized as housing for men working in remote oil fields. For example, as a Bitcoin mining facility in rural Dickens County, Texas, is converted into a 1.6 gigawatt data center, Bloomberg reports its workers are living in gray housing units with access to a gym, a laundromat, game rooms, and a cafeteria that grills steaks on-demand.

A company called Target Hospitality has signed multiple contracts worth a total of $132 million to build and operate the Dickens County camp, which could eventually house more than 1,000 workers.

Target apparently sees the U.S. data center construction boom as its most lucrative growth opportunity, with Chief Commercial Officer Troy Schrenk describing it as “the largest, most actionable pipeline I’ve ever seen.”

Target also owns the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, which holds families detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Court filings have alleged that the center’s food has had worms and mold, and that children have suffered without accommodation for allergies and special diets.

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