Texas voters across party lines oppose data centre construction
What happened
On 28 October 2026, The Verge reported that 57% of Texas voters oppose new data centre construction — 43% of Republicans, 75% of Democrats and 54% of independents — making data centres a central issue in the midterms. The We the People Texas coalition, made up of dozens of groups including the Texas NAACP, estimates it represents as many as 1 million voters; objections include water consumption, tax subsidies and new gas and wind plants built to meet power demand.
Written by AI from the reports · updated 3 h ago
Timeline
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- The Verge · AIVoters in Texas agree: They hate data centers
Ask Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe what it's been like to see data center developers descend upon Austin and its surrounding suburbs and he can rattle off project after project facing opposition from locals. There's the fight in Taylor over plans to build a data center at a site that's supposed to be a park.
Heat of this event
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