‘Faux Pause’: Why Greg Abbott’s data center ‘crackdown’ looks a lot like election-year theater


Texas Gov. Greg Abbott early this month issued a moratorium on data center development in the state until regulating authorities can conduct an audit of the sites seeking to connect to the power grid. On the surface, the move appears to get the Republican governor ahead of a growing backlash against the power- and water-hogging […]
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