Texas election results put AI data center expansion in question
AIDemocrats won the Texas Senate, governor and state House races after making data centers a central campaign issue. Governor-elect Greg Abbott's September 21 directive halted state data center permits, and governor-elect Gina Hinojosa has pushed for a full moratorium, which would threaten large projects such as Stargate Frontier and Nexus Hubbard.
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The piece links Texas election results to a halt on state data center permits, showing how local politics could slow large AI infrastructure projects.
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MIT Technology Review · AI · James O'Donnell · technologyreview.comPublished · added here
Original title: Texas was the new epicenter of the AI data center buildout. That might be kaput.