# Texas data centers face uncertain future after Hinojosa wins governor’s race

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/texas-data-centers-face-uncertain-future-after-hinojosa-wins-governors-race/
- Published: 2026-11-04T17:23:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T06:41:08+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/texas-data-centers-face-uncertain-future-after-hinojosa-wins-governors-race-6525056
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Hinojosa has pledged to halt approvals for new Texas data centres.
- ERCOT was tracking more than 400 gigawatts of proposed connections.
- Developers face uncertainty as Texas considers new restrictions.

## Summary

Gina Hinojosa’s win in Texas’s governor’s race has unsettled the state’s data centre industry after she pledged to stop approvals for new projects until lawmakers establish protections for Texans. The pledge could reshape a fast-growing market that has attracted major technology companies and billions of dollars in planned investment.

Texas has drawn developers with relatively cheap land, abundant energy and business-friendly policies, but Governor Greg Abbott had already restricted new grid connections and ordered an audit amid local opposition and rising power demand. The grid operator ERCOT was tracking more than 400 gigawatts of proposed data centre connections, roughly enough electricity to power the entire US South. Hinojosa has promised a formal moratorium, while some developers may delay or abandon projects and others may try to complete them before new rules take effect.

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