alt.hn

8/24/2026 at 7:43:08 PM

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

 https://www.businessinsider.com/greg-abbott-texas-data-centers-backlash-2026-8

by root-parent

8/24/2026 at 8:42:34 PM

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

by shoopadoop

8/24/2026 at 9:50:07 PM

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

by SonOfKyuss

8/25/2026 at 2:11:31 AM

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.

by preg_match

8/24/2026 at 11:16:19 PM

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.

by CyanLite2

8/24/2026 at 9:51:48 PM

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

by ofjcihen

8/24/2026 at 8:28:12 PM

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.

by goatlover

8/24/2026 at 8:40:19 PM

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.

by stevenwoo

8/24/2026 at 9:31:12 PM

> 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.

by karmakurtisaani

8/24/2026 at 8:56:05 PM

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

by josefritzishere

8/24/2026 at 8:35:02 PM

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

by soulofmischief

8/24/2026 at 11:15:28 PM

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.

by autoexec