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Hinojosa calls on Abbott to sign data center moratorium in Texas
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Fusion42 · 24 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa is calling for a moratorium on new data centre development, citing water depletion, rising utility costs, and health concerns from existing facilities. Governor Abbott has directed regulators to shield residential ratepayers from data centre costs and recently blocked one project near Cedar Creek Lake, but stops short of a full moratorium.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure, and 13 sources have reported it between 24 Jul 2026 and 15 Aug 2026.
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If you're building data centres in Texas, you've just become a campaign issue in a governor's race, and water constraints are now regulatory risk, not just operational cost. One project already died; the next approval will face political friction and potential utility cost pass-through to residents—expect permitting to slow and community resistance to harden.
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13 sources · first reported 24 Jul 2026 · latest 15 Aug 2026
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