Fortune· 2h ago· 1 min read
When Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, began her campaign last year, candidates weren't talking about — or hearing about — data centers that power artificial intelligence .
But with barely three months until November's contest, the perceived threat to rural life, ranchland and dwindling water supplies could become a defining issue for her long-shot challenge to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott , dividing conservative rural areas that have traditionally served as a counterweight to Democrats' urban strongholds.
The backlash to energy-guzzling server warehouses is also shaping other statewide campaigns from Arizona to Ohio to New York, and even giving Democrats a glimmer of hope in Texas, where Republicans have dominated for three decades.
“There is this little issue that I recently started hearing about that I wanted to tell you about, in case you don’t know,”…
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