These hyperscale data centers are coming in. They don't even have Traffic lights, right. There's just a mismatch there. They're taking advantage of these rural communities. What Greg Abbott did with his temporary pause is tell all these data centers get your project in now because next year we're going to work with the legislature to put real protections in the law. So they have a year to get their project in in because anything that gets passed next session doesn't go into effect till September. (07:29–07:43)
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Asserts that Governor Abbott's temporary pause signals data centers to expedite projects before new protections are enacted.
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