What this Texas Republican primary revealed about the politics of AI data centers
TL;DR
Sid Miller warned that server farms were swallowing farmland and draining rural water supplies. Republican voters weren’t persuaded. Sid Miller warned that server farms were swallowing farmland and draining rural water supplies. Republican voters weren’t persuaded.
Nauti's Take
Texas GOP voters shrugged off claims about farmland and wells drying because they already see servers as economic oxygen. If you want to build there, stop moralizing water wars and map every megawatt to school funding and irrigation rebates—they only blink when spreadsheets spell jobs.
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