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One of the web sites claims that the Texas site is just a prototype (!) and that they're still planning to build the real clock in Nevada. But it also seems conceivable that there might be different factions or funders favoring different sites and that that sort of thing might lead to a bifurcation in the plans and timelines.

Jeff Bezos donated umptymillion dollars and said "build it on my ranch". When he donates enough to build two clocks on the condition you build him one, it seems fair enough.

It also turns out that Texas is very similar to Nevada in terms of geological stability, so it makes a similar amount of sense.

Perhaps similar to The Foundation and the Second Foundation---one to be public, the other, private.

What would you be inclined to do if you were making something truly unique, something that required amazing attention to detail and custom effort?

Make two.