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Texas governor pushes data centers to fund their own power

Texas Governor Greg Abbott demands data centers fund their own power infrastructure to prevent Big Tech from shifting $1 billion+ costs to residents.

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Abbott orders Texas regulators to keep AI data center costs off residents' power bills

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Governor Abbott Directs PUC and ERCOT to Protect Texas Ratepayers from Data Center Costs

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Congress wants in on the data center backlash

Members of Congress are scrambling to jump on the growing anti-data center fervor sweeping through local communities across the country.

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Texas data center boom brings new challenges

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Texas Gov. Abbott calls for regulations on data centers, contrasting previous stance

Abbott called for new centers to add power generation to the state's power grid while paying for their own infrastructure costs and connection to the grid.

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Gina Hinojosa, Gov. Greg Abbott on data centers in Texas governor race

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Abbott Proposes Regulations On Texas' Booming Data Center Industry

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Texas Governor makes correcting power grid operator's billing 'emergency' item

(Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Tuesday he had made correcting "inaccurate excessive charges" billed during the winter freeze by power grid operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) an emergency matter for the state legislature.

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Texas governor announces grant to upgrade power grid for 192,000 customers

Gov. Greg Abbott announced an agreement under the Texas Energy Fund Outside-ERCOT Grant Program with Southwestern Electric Power Company to fund a project that will upgrade approximately

First Electric Co-op Wins $411M Texas Energy Fund Loan For Sherman Power Plant

Rayburn Electric Cooperative headquarters in Rockwall Image by Rayburn Electric CooperativeFacebook Gov. Greg Abbott announced a Texas Energy Fund loan agreement on Thursday to support the construction of a 570-megawatt natural gas power plant in Sherman,

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Gov. Abbott orders data centers to pay own power grid costs as rural counties face limited authority

Governor Abbott directs state regulators to protect residential electric bills as hundreds of data centers eye rural Texas

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Gov. Abbott tells PUC, ERCOT to ensure Texas consumers do not foot the bill for data center growth

Abbott’s order comes as Texas grapples with how to manage the data center boom amid climbing electric demand and looming water shortages.

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Governor’s Report: Texas Accelerated

Texas Governor Greg Abbott discusses the Lone Star State’s strategy for innovation, infrastructure, and long-term investment.

More taxpayer funded semi-conductor, power plants launching in Texas

Nearly every month, new companies are awarded taxpayer-funded grants and low-interest loans to advance semiconductor manufacturing and expand natural gas production in Texas. The legislature and governor created the programs to strengthen Texas’ energy grid and U.