Daily on Energy: Texas Republicans rethink the data center boom

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, once a data-center booster, says companies constructing the behemoth AI complexes have “dug their own grave” as public opposition over new construction surges.

America’s New Luddites Are Coming For The AI Data Center Boom  Forbes

AI data center projects are drawing skilled workers from homebuilding, worsening housing shortages, experts warn.

Republican and Democratic voters are slamming data centers being built in their communities as they prepare to take their concerns to the polls. Political strategists Harrison Fields and Sam Newton join with their take.

Energy regulators and industry experts warn that the state’s delays to major projects amid backlash from residents could create rolling blackouts and strangle growth of other industries that need power.

Infrastructure development to support Japan's digital society is proceeding at a rapid pace. Measures are needed to ensure it does not create a new fo

Politicians Turn Against Data Centers as Anger Over AI Spreads  WSJ

Gov. Greg Abbott introduced new standards around data centers in Texas after community backlash. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the backlash data centers are getting from Americans is deserved. Abbott, who earlier supported data center development in the state, has since changed his tune. Politi

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered one of the starkest warnings yet from a Republican executive to the AI industry, telling ABC's Jonathan Karl that data center companies "dug their own grave" and deserve the backlash they're facing after failing to win community support. Why it matters: Abbott is the latest governor to

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is downplaying fears that Democrats could flip the Lone Star State blue this year and, with it, seize control of the U.S. Senate. In an interview with ABC News, Jonathan Karl pressed the three-term governor on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s fundraising woes and whether his politic

Trump says 'OK' if Republicans oppose contentious data centers  USA Today

Trump says he’s all for data centers, despite Republican concerns  CNN

Vice President JD Vance joined Sen. Jon Husted and other GOP leaders at a Middletown, Ohio steel plant, as data center fears loom.

President Trump isn’t spending any campaign cash on close midterm election races, irking his fellow Republicans and putting contests like the Texas Senate seat in jeopardy.  In July, Politico reports, Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC didn’t spend any of its $400 million in the bank on Republican candidates, not even Texas A