Greg Abbott: “I press pause on any data centers.”

“With that, I'll be happy to take a few questions. 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 …” (07:32–07:35)

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