# Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa pledges data center protections and a pause

> Original title: Incoming Texas Governor tells AI firms the data center free-for-all is over

- Source: TechRadar · AI
- Published: 2026-11-10T01:00:00.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/b2tz9lbjqa89vbm0qgra04wxd
- Original: https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/i-hate-the-way-they-are-taking-advantage-of-texas-incoming-texas-governor-warns-ai-firms-that-the-data-center-free-for-all-is-over

## Summary

Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa says she will introduce laws to protect Texans from AI data center expansion and wants to pause data center construction until those protections are in place. She says communities must have a seat at the table in deciding whether and how data centers are built near them. A CNN poll cited in the article found 75% of Texas respondents opposed building data centers near where they live.