Texas Gov. Greg Abbott went from being one of the biggest boosters of data centers to becoming the second governor to impose a data center moratorium, on Aug. 3. Last November, Abbott announced a $40 billion investment by Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) that would make Texas the “epicenter of AI development.” Politics may have something to do with the shift.…

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