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Gov. Greg Abbott is ordering an audit of proposed data centers before any more are connected to state’s power grid. Get details in today's TEXAS MINUTE. Also for 8/4/2026: School Choice Program Has Nation’s Largest Waiting List … Experts: Chinese‑Linked Platforms Moving Cash for Transnational Cartels … Texas A&M...

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VIDEO: Texas Gov. Abbott calls for regulations on data centers, contrasting previous stance FOX 4 NEWS ... AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday called for sweeping regulations on data centers to be passed by the legislature in the 2027 session. It's a change in stance for Abbott, who previously worked to make Texas the epicenter of the data center buildout. In a letter to the Public Utilities Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Abbot laid out his ideas to hold data centers accountable and ensure the costs of their growth are not passed on to taxpayers. 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. The letter also calls for the mandated use of closed-loop water systems and annual reporting on electricity and water use by data centers. The governor is also calling on lawmakers to repeal sales tax exemptions and "other outdated or unnecessary incentives" for data centers. Data centers would also be required to consider the communities by reducing their impact through measures such as reducing noise. "As Texas continues to welcome innovation and investment, we must ensure that growth strengthens our people and their quality of life without placing undue burdens on Texans and local communities," Abbott wrote in the letter. In the letter, Abbott directed PUC and ERCOT to submit a joint memorandum by July 17 outlining actions they've taken to prevent risks and added costs to taxpayers because of data center development. At least one lawmaker applauded the move as state Rep. Helen Kerwin praised Abbott for "protecting Texas ratepayers." "As these projects are proposed across Texas, we must PROTECT our water resources, rural communities, and state parks while bringing greater transparency and accountability to the process," Kerwin said on X. Kerwin has come out against the explosive expansion of data centers in the past, calling for full impact studies before development. "Economic development matters. Innovation matters. Jobs matter. But our water and our power are not negotiable," she said in February. Cal Jillson, a political scientist, tells FOX 4's David Sentendrey that Abbott's recent comments are at odds with his past stance on data centers. "The Governor has worked very hard to make Texas the epicenter of the data center buildout," Jillson said. ERCOT delivered a warning in April that Texas power demand could quadruple by 2032, mostly driven by data centers, population increases and oil production. Jillson also believes Abbott, who is seeking re-election this November, sees the potential for political backlash for other Republican campaigns. "He is sitting on $130 million, he’s gonna win easily but he knows that there are some races down ticket. Maybe even the U.S. Senate race, certainly the Texas Railroad Commissioner race, which have weaker Republicans that he needs to worry about," Jillson continued. "He’s got to try to be sure that Republicans hold the Texas House and Senate by large margins. So that’s what he’s trying to do, just position the Republican Party more than himself so they’re not taking blame for the data center buildout." The move comes as communities and local leaders push back against the rapid expansion of data centers in the state. Last month, Hill County officials placed a moratorium on new data centers in their county. The move was met with a lawsuit from developers. Officials rescinded the moratorium last week in response to the pressure from the lawsuit and issued a checklist for new large-scale development in the county. The Angelina County Commissioners Court advised residents to contact state lawmakers during Tuesday night's meeting after hearing public comments about a proposed data center located outside the Lufkin city limits. "We have no authority to do a moratorium or to stop any type of development in the county," Angelina County Judge Keith Wright said. "The Texas legislators have consciously limited what we can do, and they've done it on purpose."

David Sentendrey

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Today I sat down with John McQueeney, State Representative for House District 97 in Tarrant County, Texas and member of the State Affairs Committee covering power grid and electric policy. In the last six weeks alone, John's committee has run three interim data center hearings. He is also drafting the Data Center Responsibility Act for the January 2027 session - the bill that will set the framework for how Texas handles the data center build-out for a generation. Texas has 440 gigawatts of applications in the queue against roughly 110 gigawatts of current peak capacity. Someone has to sort out what's real, what's speculative, and who pays for the grid when it all comes online. John is one of the people doing that work. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did. Timestamps (0:00) Intro (02:27) Why Data Centers Are a "12 Out of 10" for Texas (08:17) A Day Without a Data Center (09:34) Inside Stargate: Lancium, Crusoe, Oracle & OpenAI (14:34) When One Data Center Funds 30% of a City's Budget (17:03) The Vicious Restudy Cycle & the Batch Zero Fix (28:55) 440 GW of Applications Chasing 105 GW of Capacity (35:53) The 75 MW Threshold & Going Behind the Meter (48:36) Drafting the Data Center Responsibility Act (54:19) North Texas's Hidden Risk in Batch Zero (01:08:35) Who Actually Pays for the Grid Buildout? (01:14:32) Data Centers Are a National Security Issue (01:18:12) Data Centers in Space & the Long Arc

Chris Powers

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🚨BREAKING TEXAS🚨 Texas Public School District to Host CAIR-Sponsored "Islamic Games" at Taxpayer-Funded High School! The Grapevine-Colleyville ISD (GCISD) – a public school district – is renting out Colleyville Heritage High School (a taxpayer-funded facility) to host the 2026 Islamic Games on May 9-10. As Tony Ortiz from Tony Ortiz (Current Revolt) discovered, this event proudly features CAIR New Jersey as a highlighted sponsor among over 110 others (many with Muslim Brotherhood-linked ties), per their own promo materials and sponsor collage. 🚨 CAIR – the SAME organization Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated on November 18, 2025, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Transnational Criminal Organization – citing its alleged Hamas front-group origins, terrorism-financing links (Holy Land Foundation), and Muslim Brotherhood connections. Abbott's proclamation bans land deals and ramps up enforcement. Yet a public school in a red-state Texas district is platforming an event tied to this state-labeled terror org? Using public school grounds for the "Islamic Games" sports like soccer, basketball, flag football, archery, and more – all while CAIR gets prominent billing? Are Christians also included!? Sources close to the GCISD school board confirm trustees had ZERO knowledge of this booking. Parents, taxpayers, and residents: Your hard-earned dollars are funding facilities for an event linked to a group Texas officially calls a terror threat! This isn't "diversity" or "inclusion" in our public schools – it's a blatant security lapse and infiltration. Demand GCISD cancel immediately, investigate the rental process, and explain why a public school district is cozying up to CAIR post-designation Please Request That Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Attorney General Ken Paxton investigate this matter.

Amy Mek

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In the next 15 years, data centers are expected to add an additional $160 billion to grid costs in the US Estimate say electricity rates for average households will spike by as much as 70% Data centers are projected to triple their share of US electricity demand in the next few years The main driver is the explosive growth of data centers built by Big Tech companies like Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and more to power artificial intelligence Places like Northern Virginia already has over 200 data centers with massive new ones planned. Utilities are striking secret proprietary deals with Big Tech companies. These are hidden behind NDAs that shift much of the infrastructure costs onto regular residential customers Just in the PJM energy market of 13 states covering 65 million people, data centers were responsible for 63% of last year’s record 800% spike in capacity prices (This is INSANE) Residential customers in places like Virginia and Louisiana are being forced to subsidize billions in new power plants and grid upgrades for data centers. An Examples of this is in Louisiana, Meta’s data center deal leaves the public potentially on the hook for half or more of a $3–4 billion power plant Again, without major policy changes, average household electricity bills could rise by up to 70% over the next 15 years due to data center demand. There is only one real way we can stop this, we must create a separate customer class for data centers Maryland and Oregon have already passed laws doing this Forces data centers to pay for the specific infrastructure they need instead of spreading the costs to everyone else. More states need to do the same Ban secret sweetheart deals Require full public disclosure of all contracts between utilities and Big Tech Prohibit deals where data centers pay below the actual cost of service Make data centers pay the full cost of new power plants and grid upgrades Change regulations so utilities cannot socialize the cost of data-center-driven infrastructure to residential and small business ratepayers This needs to be done immediately

Wall Street Apes

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Texas energy use is up 25% in 4 years. Load growth is not coming from people moving to Texas. It’s being driven by data centers, the electrification of industry, including oil and gas operations, and cryptocurrency mining. Oncor's filings show it clearly: 🏠 Residential load is growing very slowly, ~1% per year, even with significant population growth. 🏭 Industrial load is exploding. The Far West zone has tripled in the last 8 years. That's not a projection; it’s history through 2024. Looking forward, the interconnection queue is eye-popping: ⚡ The amount of big projects (data centers, Bitcoin mines, factories) wanting to connect to ERCOT is now 188 GW, more than double Texas’ all-time peak of ~85 GW. ⚡ So far, ERCOT has tracked ~7 GW of large loads operating and has another ~13 GW in advanced stages of study and/or interconnection. So yes, growth is dramatic, but much of what is in the queue won't get built. The takeaway: Texas’ load growth is being driven by large industrials and new digital infrastructure, not households. If large loads can be flexible and scale back, switch to batteries, and/or produce power during a small number of scarcity periods, there's lots of available power 98-99% of the hours of the year. We can have a lot more terawatt-hours of consumption while increasing grid reliability and lowering per unit costs – if we get the right regulatory and market structures in place. 🎧 Much more here: #TexasEnergy #txenergy #ERCOT #LoadGrowth #DataCenters #GridReliability #EnergyTransition

Doug Lewin

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🚨 TEXAS, FORT WORTH ISD: HOLD THE LINE AGAINST CAIR AND SHARIA A speaker at last night’s school board meeting laid it out clearly and without apology. While CAIR - the organization Governor Abbott designated a foreign terrorist organization and transnational criminal organization - sues Fort Worth ISD to force Shayma Alzubi back into power, this citizen stood up and reminded the board what is actually at stake. This is not about one woman’s career. This is about two dangerous ideologies she has publicly promoted: “Free Palestine” - specifically the “from the river to the sea” slogan, which has long been used by Hamas and other terrorist groups as a call for the violent elimination of Israel and the Jewish people. This is not a peaceful slogan. It is genocidal. Sharia - a system that is fundamentally incompatible with the U.S. Constitution, Western law, and Texas values. Sharia is not just personal faith. It is a complete political and legal system that demands supremacy over man-made laws. On November 18, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott was crystal clear when he designated the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as terrorist organizations: “The Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR have long made their goals clear: to forcibly impose Sharia law and establish Islam’s mastership of the world.” He further stated that their actions to support terrorism and subvert our laws through violence, intimidation, and harassment are unacceptable, and banned them from acquiring property in Texas. Now CAIR is suing a Texas school district to reinstall someone who has defended Sharia and promoted Hamas-linked rhetoric. Fort Worth ISD already made the right decision by reassigning her. The board now has a choice: Stand with Texas parents and Governor Abbott, or bow to pressure from a designated terrorist-linked organization. This is bigger than one principal. This is about whether Sharia and genocidal slogans will be allowed to influence the education of Texas children. Hold the line. Protect the children. Do not surrender to CAIR. Do not surrender to Islam. -------------------------------- On a personal note, I want to thank this incredible woman for taking time out of her life to attend this school board meeting, where radicals showed up to intimidate moms and young women. I'm deeply grateful to everyone willing to put themselves in uncomfortable - and often hostile - situations to protect our children and our country. Your courage matters.🇺🇸

Amy Mek

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