Trump-backed Ken Paxton unveils ‘Texas first’ datacenter plan aimed at ‘negative impact’

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:54:00 GMT

The Republican Senate candidate announced the plan with a graphic flagged as ‘Made with AI’US politics live – latest updatesKen Paxton, a Republican candidate for the US Senate in Texas, has unveiled plans to tackle the “negative impact” of datacenters amid a growing backlash across the political spectrum.Paxton, endorsed by Donald Trump but facing a close contest against Democrat James Talarico, posted a “Texas first” datacenter plan on X with a graphic that the social media network flagged as “Made with AI”. Continue reading...

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