… our rural Republican areas where what has happened is data centers have descended into the rural Republican areas. There's almost been like a gold rush really of data centers coming. Greg Abbott gave [data centers] very rich tax breaks, so they don't pay any tax, for instance, on electricity that they consume. We're losing about a billion and a half dollars a year. But the reason why rural Texans don't like it is because there are no rules in these areas. (01:27–01:35)
CLAIM
Asserts that Greg Abbott provided tax breaks to data centers, exempting them from electricity taxes.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
