Data center developers seeking to build dozens of large-scale artificial intelligence parks in Texas have previously faced a situation where Republican Governor Greg Abbott suspended approval, and after Gina Hinojosa was elected the state's first Democratic governor in more than 30 years, the situation became even more unfavorable. Hinojosa called for an immediate suspension of data center development several times during the election campaign. She said Abbott's promise to restrain data center operators “was just an election year show,” and accused the developers of “driving up our utility bills and draining our water resources.” She also promised to suspend approval until the state legislature meets and “puts Texans first, so that no more Texas communities can do anything when facing these global businesses.” Some US data center operators and cloud computing service providers fell ahead of the market. Among them, data center developer Cipher Mining, which has a business layout in Texas, fell 14%; Cleanspark fell 8.6%. Bank of America strategists previously described the election as a referendum on “affordability and AI data centers.” In addition to Hinojosa, the Democratic Party also won gubernatorial elections in Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. This could cause about half of proposed new AI data center projects across the US to face more stringent local scrutiny and resistance. These Democratic candidates all have made strengthening data center supervision a core topic of their campaign. Their victory highlights voters' growing backlash against data center projects that provide computing power for global AI systems.

Data center developers seeking to build dozens of large-scale artificial intelligence parks in Texas have previously faced a situation where Republican Governor Greg Abbott suspended approval, and after Gina Hinojosa was elected the state's first Democratic governor in more than 30 years, the situation became even more unfavorable. Hinojosa called for an immediate suspension of data center development several times during the election campaign. She said Abbott's promise to restrain data center operators “was just an election year show,” and accused the developers of “driving up our utility bills and draining our water resources.” She also promised to suspend approval until the state legislature meets and “puts Texans first, so that no more Texas communities can do anything when facing these global businesses.” Some US data center operators and cloud computing service providers fell ahead of the market. Among them, data center developer Cipher Mining, which has a business layout in Texas, fell 14%; Cleanspark fell 8.6%. Bank of America strategists previously described the election as a referendum on “affordability and AI data centers.” In addition to Hinojosa, the Democratic Party also won gubernatorial elections in Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. This could cause about half of proposed new AI data center projects across the US to face more stringent local scrutiny and resistance. These Democratic candidates all have made strengthening data center supervision a core topic of their campaign. Their victory highlights voters' growing backlash against data center projects that provide computing power for global AI systems.