Cameras, Cybersecurity, and Grant Money: A Practical Guide for Small East Texas Housing Authorities
If you run a small Public Housing Authority in East Texas — or sit on the board of one — you already know what the technology situation looks like. Somewhere on the property there’s a camera system that half works
Elon Musk Is Right About the Bottleneck — But He’s Solving a Different Problem Than Most Communities Face
Because the future is being built whether communities participate or not. And the places that organize early—around power, connectivity, workforce, and fit-first development—will still matter, even in a world where some of the compute leaves the planet.
Power Reality and Fit-First AI Infrastructure Strategy for Deep East Texas
not all counties are positioned to compete for hyperscale data centers, and attempting to do so without acknowledging power-market realities exposes rural communities to financial and political risk.
Technology Services That Fix Today’s Problems — and Design Tomorrow’s Systems
John Hargrove Consulting LLC and Evergreen Technology Solutions work together to help organizations stabilize critical technology now and intentionally design what comes next.Our focus is practical, field-tested technology for businesses, utilities, public entities, and rural communities that cannot afford guesswork or downtime. We Fix Technology That Is Not Working When systems are unreliable, insecure, or […]
JASPER COUNTY AND BUNA, TEXAS: PREPARING FOR TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
Over the past eighteen months, a structural shift has accelerated across rural Texas. Operators of artificial intelligence infrastructure, data processing facilities, and computing centers are moving away from traditional urban centers and established tech corridors. They are targeting rural communities for a specific reason: land, electricity, water, and fiber backbone proximity are converging in places that urban expansion has bypassed.
The Case for Edge-Scale AI Infrastructure in Rural East Texas
Rural East Texas is uniquely positioned to host these centers. This paper outlines why building a network of community-anchored edge AI data centers offers a more resilient, affordable, and inclusive strategy than relying solely on massive hyperscale complexes concentrated in urban zones.
2024: The Rise of Fixed Wireless as a Practical Alternative for Rural Internet Access
In an article I authored on January 8, 2023, titled “2023: The Year Fixed Wireless Became the ‘New’ Fiber?” I explored the burgeoning potential of fixed wireless technology. As forecasted, 2023 witnessed this technology coming to fruition. Fiber optics, known for its near limitless bandwidth, faces significant challenges in rural deployment due to its high […]
2023, the Year Fixed Wireless became the ‘new’ Fiber?
Fiber is difficult, expensive, and a good solution—practically unlimited bandwidth. So far, it is not well suited for rural spacing of people groups due to the cost factors. Fixed Wireless shows in several cutting-edge vendors that in the bands that can provide 10 Mhz or larger channel sizes, sufficient broadband is delivered to each customer […]