Texas: The IA opens a crack in the Republican bastion? · Global Voices
The expansion of artificial intelligence is generating a new political fracture in Texas, one of the main Republican bastions in the United States. The growth of data centres, driven by Donald Trump and state authorities, is critical of their energy and water consumption, their impact on communities and the potential costs to taxpayers. According to an analysis by The Texas Tribune, about 60 per cent of the data centres planned or under construction are in districts that supported Trump in 2024. A few months from the mid-ma elections
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The expansion of artificial intelligence is generating a new political fracture in Texas, one of the main Republican bastions in the United States. The growth of data centres, driven by Donald Trump and state authorities, is critical of their energy and water consumption, their impact on communities and the potential costs to taxpayers. According to an analysis by The Texas Tribune, about 60 per cent of the data centres planned or under construction are in districts that supported Trump in 2024. A few months from the mid-ma elections
