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Texas Governor-Elect Wants Data Center Pause; White House Says 'Communities' Should Decide Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa said Thursday that the state needs new laws on data centers and should stop building them until they exist , the same day the Nasdaq plunged on fears that Democratic wins would bring moratoriums on the AI buildout. Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa speaks during a press conference following her U.S. midterm election win in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2026. Joel Angel Juarez/Reuters "We will have laws to protect Texans, and we need to stop what we are doing with data centers until we have those protections," the Democrat told CNN's Jake Tapper, in an interview first reported by The Epoch Times . Hinojosa on AI/Data Centers: We have always been a pro-business state in Texas. But what changes now with me as governor is it has to be a partnership that benefits Texans. What has happened is data centers have moved into mostly rural communities, and there are no rules and... pic.twitter.com/N3HEdlwN81 — Acyn (@Acyn) November 5, 2026 Tapper put the market reaction to her directly: "Your victory in particular is one that we're told AI investors are worried about, given your promises of a temporary data center moratorium." He added that CNN's voter polls on her race showed Texans opposed to building data centers in their communities, 75% to 25%. Hinojosa did not back off. "We have always been a pro-business state in Texas, but what changes now with me as governor is it has to be a partnership that benefits Texans," she said. "Data centers have moved into mostly rural communities, and there are no rules and laws to protect Texans." Asked whether data centers can still be built in Texas, she said communities need "a seat at the table to decide if and how these data centers come into their communities," and "have to be able to walk away from the table to leverage what they need for their communities." "It is not that I hate data centers. I hate the way…

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