Texas elects Democrats for governor and the US Senate for the first time in decades, creating uncertainty for its booming AI data center sector and Elon Musk
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A political flip in Texas — a core AI data center and manufacturing hub — injects policy risk into what many treated as a stable, pro-build environment. Any long-lived infrastructure plan in the state now needs contingency paths for zoning, incentives, and grid policy shifts.
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