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Greg Abbott: “I establish guidelines and guardrails for all data centers…”

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Warns Of Threat From Tropical Storm Edouard

Published September 1, 2026 | Video Starts at 07:35

Sure. Well, let's be clear about what I established first and then more specifically answer your question. And that is for one, I press pause on any data centers. Second, I establish guidelines and guardrails for all data centers to follow. And what that requires is that they not use water that local communities need, they not use electric power that's needed by the power grid, that they actually lower the … (07:35–07:40)

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Asserts that Greg Abbott has set guidelines for data centers in Texas.

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“I've outlined the most robust property tax reform ever that will cut property tax bills in half and save the average homeowner about $3,000…”
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“I signed a law in the past that capped the cost of insulin.”
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“[Data centers] actually lower the cost of electricity for customers.”
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“They include stopping spending by the property taxing authorities that impose property taxes.”
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“They include requiring a vote on any proposed property tax increase and require 2/3 vote approval before property tax increase can go into…”
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“Right now it [appraisals] can go up 10% a year. I want that to be reduced to no more than 3% a year.”
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“The state will fully fund public education without you having to pay for it in your homestead.”
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“The cost cap for all of those items [inhalers and epinephrine] should be no more than $25 a month.”
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“This insurance reform for health care will reduce the cost of health care insurance for the average family by more than $1,000 a year.”
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“It will help small businesses reduce what they pay for the health care insurance for their employees by more than 20% a year.”
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“I'm calling for a roof fortification program like what exists in all the other Gulf coast states.”
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“This can reduce the cost of home insurance by about 10% a year and about $15,000 for the life of a roof.”
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“I want Texas to have a good driver discount. And a good driver discount will lead to about a 30% reduction in the cost of auto insurance for…”
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“Together, those strategies can reduce the cost of building a house by more than $15,000.”
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“Combined that can reduce the cost of College by about $35,000.”
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“I press pause on any data centers.”
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“[Data centers] not use water that local communities need.”
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“[Data centers] not use electric power that's needed by the power grid.”
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“[Data centers] not build in neighborhoods or rural communities that don't want them there.”
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“Full compliance by data centers across the state, even those outside of the ERCOT power grid area.”
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“I've set the standard of what the law is going to be that I'm enforcing now.”
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“The guidelines and guardrails that I've established are the most robust of any governor in the United States of America.”
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“No requirement to receive a permit or anything like that from the state of Texas [for data centers].”
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“We have team captains for every Texas House seat in Harris County.”
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“We have deployed the Abbott Impact app.”
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