So the reality is there was no one in the entire legislature that recognized this as a pressing issue because it happened so rapidly. One reason why it's happened so rapidly is because there's No requirement to receive a permit or anything like that from the state of Texas [for data centers]. And so oftentimes it's done in darf. And that's another change that you can expect to see, and that is no more building these data centers without the public knowing about what's going on, without officials knowing about what's going on. (10:19–10:25)
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Asserts that data centers in Texas do not currently require a state permit.
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