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Applied AI·November 7, 2026·1 min read

CoreWeave Asks Texas Governor-Elect for Data Center Cooperation

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GPU cloud is lobbying governors directly because power, water, and permitting in states like Texas are now as strategic as chip supply. If your AI roadmap assumes elastic cloud, start mapping your workloads to specific regions and their political and regulatory risk, not just to providers.

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Public records appear to show SpaceX building a "Starbase supercomputer" in TX, but Gina Hinojosa's election as governor may delay some of the data center plans

State-level politics are now a gating factor for hyperscale AI builds—SpaceX’s apparent “Starbase supercomputer” in Texas may face new friction under a different governor even as it pushes ahead in Tennessee and Mississippi. If your AI roadmap assumes cheap, fast-to-permit compute in a single state, diversify siting options and model political risk alongside power and water.