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Texas governor-elect says state will have laws to shield citizens from data centers

Global Published 6 November 2026, 07:57 · archived 6 Nov 2026

WASHINGTON: Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa said on Thursday ​that the state will introduce laws to protect its residents with regards to ‌data centers, citing their impact on rural communities. With plentiful energy supplies, relatively cheap land and a pro-business policy, Texas has become one of the leading regions in the world for data center developments. “Data centers have moved ​into mostly rural communities, and there are no rules and laws to protect Texans,” ​Democrat Hinojosa, who beat Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in Tuesday’s election, told CNN ⁠in an interview. “We will have...

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