Rural Texas Pushback Tests Abbott Over Data Centers and Power Lines
TL;DR
Rural voters across Texas are souring on Gov. Greg Abbott amid rapid data-center growth and a $33 billion plan to expand a 765-kilovolt transmission grid, fueling concerns about water use, outages, local control, pollution, and the erosion of rural identity; Abbott’s pause on new data-center approvals and push for guardrails have not won broad support, and some Republicans are weighing voting for a Democrat in November as rural backing for Abbott weakens.
- How data centers and power lines could turn Texas governor’s race blue Politico
- The Texas data-center boom didn’t happen overnight. This is how we got here. Houston Chronicle
- Texas welcomed data centers, now it’s backtracking. It’s time for a real plan Dallas News
- Ionic Digital Supports Governor Abbott’s Efforts to Ensure Responsible Data Center Development in Texas Technology Magazine
- Texas’s Data Center Dominance At Risk Newsweek
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