'There are no rules. It is the wild west of data centers': Texas Democratic candidates pounce on AI data center projects in Republican strongholds

'There are no rules. It is the wild west of data centers': Texas Democratic candidates pounce on AI data center projects in Republican strongholds

When Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, began her campaign last year, candidates weren’t talking about — or hearing about — data centers that power artificial intelligence. But with barely three months until November’s contest, the perceived threat to rural life, ranchland and dwindling water supplies could become a defining issue for her long-shot challenge to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, dividing conservative rural areas…