Lawl, that's rich -- the buildout happened under his watch.
SonOfKyuss 11 hours ago [-]
He cozied up to them until public opinion turned against data centers
preg_match 7 hours ago [-]
Well, until it became clear it was literally unsustainable. Greg Abbott is as pro-business as they come, but even he cannot conjure up electricity out of thin air. It's just a question of numbers, not opinion. Texas doesn't have enough power, so that's that.
CyanLite2 10 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 11 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 12 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 12 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 11 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 12 hours ago [-]
Abbott will suddenly be in favor of deregulating all data center construction by December. He has a track record on this.
soulofmischief 12 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 10 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.
This isn't going anywhere.
I'm not sure if this is a very strong statement, most of them voted for Trump after all.