[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":26},["ShallowReactive",2],{"nr-en-texas-pauses-ai-data-center-expansion":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"dek":6,"date":7,"time":8,"publishedAt":9,"updated":10,"updatedAt":10,"dateFmt":11,"updatedFmt":10,"kind":12,"tier":13,"author":14,"authorName":15,"topics":16,"tracker":10,"trackerLabel":10,"headlineStat":10,"image":21,"ogImage":22,"imageAlt":5,"csv":10,"minutes":23,"words":24,"html":25},"texas-pauses-ai-data-center-expansion","Texas Plans to Pause AI Data Center Expansion","Incoming Governor Gina Hinojosa wants to halt data center expansion until protective laws are in place. The move follows protests from the public.","2026-11-07","09:16","2026-11-07T09:16:00+01:00","","November 7, 2026","news","standard","ideal-syka","Ideal Syka",[17,18,19,20],"Data centers","AI infrastructure","Texas","Regulation","\u002Fnewsroom\u002Fimg\u002Ftexas-pauses-ai-data-center-expansion.webp","\u002Fog-nr\u002Ftexas-pauses-ai-data-center-expansion.en.png",1,118,"\u003Cp>According to a Golem report, Texas&#39;s incoming governor Gina Hinojosa is responding to protests from the public. She wants to stop the expansion of data centers until protective laws are in place. Golem reports this in its news item; no other sources are available for this article.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>What remains open\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The available source names neither concrete draft laws nor a timeframe or details on affected projects. For companies planning data center capacity in Texas, the announcement could be relevant if it is implemented. Whether and in what form an expansion pause actually comes is currently not substantiated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Sources\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.golem.de\u002Fnews\u002Fgina-hinojosa-texas-will-ausbau-von-ki-rechenzentren-auf-eis-legen-2611-214946.html\">Golem\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Editorially owned by \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Fautor\u002Fideal-syka\">Ideal Syka\u003C\u002Fa>. Sources and method: \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Fredaktion\">Newsroom &amp; method\u003C\u002Fa>. Tips and corrections: \u003Ca href=\"mailto:ai@i6eal.de\">ai@i6eal.de\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",1794039564550]