Texas wanted to power America’s AI boom. Its new governor could change everything

Gina Hinojosa’s victory could reshape the future of data centers—and highlights a national problem for the tech industry.

Less than a year ago, Texas Governor Greg Abbott stood beside Sundar Pichai, the Google CEO, to celebrate the company’s $40 billion investment in the state’s cloud and AI infrastructure. Three new data center campuses would help make Texas, Abbott declared, the “epicenter of AI development.”