Water concerns, especially in areas like the Panhandle, where they already are concerned with drought and contracts that are giving these data centers, Matador being the biggest in the world, that was started by our former governor Rick Perry, has precedence in water rights over the actual people, citizens of that community. It's crazy. So this is the kind of stuff, the kind of abuses that are happening right now. Greg Abbott said next year he will work with the legislature to put in some basic protections. (03:47–04:01)
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Asserts that Matador, a large data center, has priority in water rights over local citizens.
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