Gina Hinojosa: “Greg Abbott gave [data centers] very rich tax breaks, so they don't pay any tax, for instance, on electricity…”

“… 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)

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