Greg Abbott says data centers:'basically dug their own grave'

generj•about 5 hours ago

Not internalizing the costs of increased electricity consumption was an own goal.

l1n•about 3 hours ago

https://www.anthropic.com/news/covering-electricity-price-in... I think that they tried to?

browningstreet•about 1 hour ago

One.

shoopadoop•about 4 hours ago

Lawl, that's rich -- the buildout happened under his watch.

SonOfKyuss•about 3 hours ago

He cozied up to them until public opinion turned against data centers

CyanLite2•about 2 hours ago

Popular 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.

ofjcihen•about 3 hours ago

There’s literally a commercial featuring Abbot defending data center buildouts and saying how good they are for communities running right now. Like today.

goatlover•about 5 hours ago

Big 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.

stevenwoo•about 4 hours ago

The 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•about 4 hours 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•about 4 hours ago

Abbott will suddenly be in favor of deregulating all data center construction by December. He has a track record on this.

soulofmischief•about 5 hours ago

Greg Abbott has a long tradition of about-facing ahead of reelection. Ignore anything that comes out of his mouth until after November.

autoexec•about 2 hours ago

You 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.

Greg Abbott says data centers:'basically dug their own grave'

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