Sitting beside Google CEO Sundar Pichai last November, Gov. Greg Abbott declared Texas the “epicenter of AI development” while announcing three massive data center projects in the state.
The announcement was unsurprising at the time. Abbott has passed legislation to ensure Texas is open for business — especially for tech companies — for over a decade.
Now people are looking back on the announcement differently. That’s because in June, Abbott did a complete 180, declaring that he’s now, “pushing back against these AI data centers that are trying to build in our neighborhoods,” at a campaign stop in Bullard, Texas…