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

Greg Abbott says data centers:'basically dug their own grave'(businessinsider.com)

43 points by root-parent 41 days ago | 15 comments

generj 41 days ago |

Not internalizing the costs of increased electricity consumption was an own goal.

l1n 41 days ago | |

https://www.anthropic.com/news/covering-electricity-price-in... I think that they tried to?

browningstreet 41 days ago | | |

One.

shoopadoop 41 days ago |

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

SonOfKyuss 41 days ago | |

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

preg_match 41 days 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.

ofjcihen 41 days 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.

CyanLite2 41 days 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.

goatlover 41 days 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 41 days 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 41 days 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 41 days ago | |

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

soulofmischief 41 days 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 41 days 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.