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Hinojosa calls on Abbott to sign data center moratorium in Texas
Carried more widely than almost anything else in the last 30 days
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Cloud Infrastructure
◆ Where
United States
◆ Timeline
- 24 July 2026Hinojosa calls on Abbott to sign data center moratorium in Texaselpasotimes.com
- 3 August 2026Abbott issues Texas data center moratorium amid water, grid concernsusatoday.com
- 4 August 2026Abbott issues data center directive after widespread protests |thecentersquare.com
- 5 August 2026Texas Orders Data Center Audit — Bernstein Says It Makes Existing Bitcoin Miners More Valuableblockhead.co
- 8 August 2026AI expert warns of power grid challenges as data centers surgefoxnews.com
- 10 August 2026More data centers, companies, announce they will comply with Abbott directivethecentersquare.com
- 13 August 2026Texas data center audit signals a bigger backlash against AIqz.com
- 14 August 2026Texas will audit up to 300 projects, mostly data centers, after Gov. Greg Abbott's ordertexastribune.org
- 15 August 2026Data center pause shouldn't impact Texas gas producers - Midland Reporter-Telegrammrt.com
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