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Greg Abbott says data centers:'basically dug their own grave'
- goatlover 1mo agoBig deal hearing it from a Texas GOP governor who's usually in lock step with the Trump administration. Texans must really hate these things across the political spectrum.
- soulofmischief 1mo agoGreg Abbott has a long tradition of about-facing ahead of reelection. Ignore anything that comes out of his mouth until after November.
- autoexec 1mo agoYou can tell more about him by keeping an eye on what goes into his wallet. He's gotten millions in donations/bribes from companies who want to profit from data centers. He's not letting them down.
- stevenwoo 1mo agoThe polling must have shown a vulnerability - Democrats in Texas (and a few MAGA like Sid Miller) were hammering GOP on this issue until Abbott finally changed his tune. Texas voters hate it more than pedophiles cause Ken Paxton mismanaged a bunch of those cases resulting in lenient plea deals that didn’t make a dent in Paxton support earlier this year, and he won the GOP statewide primary. He probably will win the general election but here’s hoping against it.
- karmakurtisaani 1mo ago> Texas voters hate it more than pedophiles I'm not sure if this is a very strong statement, most of them voted for Trump after all.
- josefritzishere 1mo agoAbbott will suddenly be in favor of deregulating all data center construction by December. He has a track record on this.
- generj 1mo agoNot internalizing the costs of increased electricity consumption was an own goal.
- l1n 1mo agohttps://www.anthropic.com/news/covering-electricity-price-increases https://www.anthropic.com/news/covering-electricity-price-in... I think that they tried to?
- browningstreet 1mo agoOne.
- shoopadoop 1mo agoLawl, that's rich -- the buildout happened under his watch.
- SonOfKyuss 1mo agoHe cozied up to them until public opinion turned against data centers
- preg_match 1mo agoWell, until it became clear it was literally unsustainable. Greg Abbott is as pro-business as they come, but even he cannot conjure up electricity out of thin air. It's just a question of numbers, not opinion. Texas doesn't have enough power, so that's that.
- tharmas 1mo agoHe's up for re-election in Nov 2026. After he wins, you can bet he will be all-in on Datacenters again and touting how wonderful for everyone they will be.
- ofjcihen 1mo agoThere’s literally a commercial featuring Abbot defending data center buildouts and saying how good they are for communities running right now. Like today.
- CyanLite2 1mo agoPopular opinion is at a fever pitch, but many municipalities have put in moratoriums that expire a few days or weeks after the election. This isn't going anywhere.