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Texas governor-elect says state will have laws to shield citizens from data centers

Reuters
Texas governor-elect says state will have laws to shield citizens from data centers

WASHINGTON, Nov ‌5 (Reuters) - Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa ​said ‌in a CNN interview ‌on Thursday that the state needs ‌to stop what it is doing with data centers until ⁠it has measures ‌in place to ⁠protect Texans.

“We will have ​laws to protect Texans, and we ​need to stop ​what ‌we are doing ​with data centers ⁠until we ‌have those protections,” ​Hinojosa ​said.

Texas can also have a strong working relationship with billionaire ‌Elon Musk and his companies, but on ‌her ​administration's terms, she added.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Washington; Editing ‌by Daphne Psaledakis)