Greg Abbott says data center companies “dug their own grave” by moving into communities without first gaining support, signaling growing Republican backlash
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered one of the starkest warnings yet from a Republican to the AI industry …
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@innercitypress
@innercitypress
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Sunday shows 1: Data center backlash on @ThisWeekABC: Trump: Data centers could be bigger than oil, Texas is making a mistake. Guest (not live) is Gov Abbott. Meanwhile, AG Paxton trying to charge Inner City Press $648 fee for FOIA on a.i.: https://innercitypress.com/...
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@billkristol
Bill Kristol
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For Abbott to pivot to this extent on data centers makes one wonder what his polling is showing about his own governor's race in Texas. https://www.axios.com/...
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@rohanpaul_ai
Rohan Paul
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In US, building an AI data center has become contentious enough that local officials are receiving death threats over the decision. Emporia, Kansas, moved 2 commission meetings online and removed public comment for safety. Grayslake, Illinois, canceled an extended
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@sbellsnyder
Suzanne Bellsnyder
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Sorry, but Abbott's interview with @jonkarl this morning was wild. Abbott said data centers must first get the “approval” of local communities. Texas law provides no such approval authority. Abbott's written plan says to “consider community impacts.
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@xochitlhinojosa
Xochitl Hinojosa
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Lots of news in this @jonkarl interview of @GregAbbott_TX: - Jonathan presses Abbott on his flip flop on data centers and how he fast tracked them. - Abbott admits Texans are frustrated about higher costs, including gas, health care and higher property taxes under his watch. -
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@taygoldenstein
Taylor Goldenstein
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Gov. @GregAbbott_TX tells @ABC “basically dug their own grave” + “got the backlash they deserve.” Asked about his previous comment declaring TX the “epicenter of AI development,
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@carlquintanilla
Carl Quintanilla
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TX GOV. ABBOTT, on data centers: “.. they basically dug their own grave for the problem that's been caused for them and that's why they got the backlash they deserve.” @politico https://www.politico.com/...
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@scottbraddock
Scott Braddock
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Gov Abbott's 180 on data centers tops ABC This Week https://www.youtube.com/...
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@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
Gerry McGovern
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Texas went from absolutely loving data centers to absolutely hating them — Why? — The community got organized. — Data centers “dug their own grave,” says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott — https://www.axios.com/...
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@carlquintanilla
Carl Quintanilla
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“.. the latest governor to sharply change course on the AI data center boom he once enthusiastically courted ..” — @axios.com — www.axios.com/2026/08/23/g... [image]
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r/TexasBusiness
r
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Data centers “dug their own grave,” says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
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@jeffreylebowski420
Jeffrey Lebowski
on bluesky
Sen. Jon Husted once promoted data centers as all upside for his state of Ohio. — This spring, as he drew nearer to what is expected to be a tight November reelection race, Husted's view of data centers appeared to change. — www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
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r/TexasPolitics
r
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Data centers “dug their own grave,” says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
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Jim Thomas
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Fetterman Backs Trump Over Shapiro on AI Centers
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@axios
@axios
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Trump says rejecting data centers is “a mistake” https://www.axios.com/...
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@logandobson
Logan Dobson
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think we're going a bit nuts here. Data centers are certainly part of the discussion but they are not “*the* electoral issue” Polls show them down the issue matrix behind affordability concerns highest profile candidate running on an explicit moratorium (Francesca Hong) lost
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@melt_dem
Meltem Demirors
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data centers are *the* electoral issue going into the midterms which does not bode well for the structural tightness in the compute market 1. consumer surplus of low cost / free tokens ending 2. prices exploding upward 3. Cambrian explosion for compute optimization
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@michaelcohen212
Michael Cohen
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Join me at 5:00pm on my 77WABC radio show “When You Know...You Know for the full, unedited conversation that is driving the left apoplectic: My interview with @POTUS @realDonaldTrump. https://wabcradio.com/...
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@michaelcohen212
Michael Cohen
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Join me at 5:00pm on my 77WABC radio show “When You Know...You Know for the full, unedited conversation that is driving the left apoplectic: My interview with @realDonaldTrump. https://wabcradio.com/...
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@manhattaninst
@manhattaninst
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President Trump says Gov. Greg Abbott's data center pause is “a mistake”:
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@mtwilcox
Matt Wilcox
on bluesky
Which means that people are doing the right thing by opposing them
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r/politics
r
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Trump says communities that oppose data centers are “making a mistake”
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r/TechHardware
r
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Trump says communities that oppose data centers are “making a mistake”
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@jonathansocials.com
Jonathan
on bluesky
The party always screaming ‘less government’ and ‘open for business’ sure is campaigning hard against private enterprise when convenient.
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r/politics
r
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Data centers' ‘oh s—t’ moment
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r/technology
r
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The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms
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r/YAPms
r
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NYT: The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms
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Nicole Weatherholtz
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Gov. Abbott: AI Data Centers ‘Dug Their Own Grave’
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@trumpstaxes.com
@trumpstaxes.com
on bluesky
Not only is this moment about the current physical presence of data centers, it's also about worries of future job displacement by AI, and pent up anger over decades of social media manipulation. — It's a perfect storm for voters to finally punch Big Tech in the nose. — www.p…
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@irishrainforest
Eoghan Daltun
on bluesky
The intensifying backlash against data centers is inspiring panic among the tech sector. — Good. — But the Irish government will plough on with its hugely unpopular policy of support regardless, because its core ideology is to *always* back big money. — www.politico.com/new…
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r/politics
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Data centers “dug their own grave,” says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
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Theodore Bunker
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Trump: Data Centers Key to Beating China in AI
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r/politics
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See the moment when Republican politicians turned against data centers | In the past six months, Republicans' public statements about data centers …