Greg Abbott: “Data centers must bring their own power, they must reuse…”

“And what we are doing is making sure that all of our fellow Texans are going to be protected, even with data centers. Here's what I outlined so far and that is Data centers must bring their own power, they must reuse their own water, and they must reduce electricity costs for residential customers as well as small business customers. Those are bottom line expectations. So that's how it will protect the fragile grid. Already that's the move. Well, listen, protecting, let's be clear about something else. You said fragile grid.” (10:23–10:35)

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