Governor-Elect Hinojosa Inherits the Nation’s Biggest Data Center Pipeline, and a Pledge to Pause It

Democrat Gina Hinojosa's defeat of Gov. Greg Abbott hands the state's top office to a candidate who campaigned on pausing data center construction and ending the industry's long-running sales tax exemption, just as Texas has become the country's busiest market for new server campuses and voters nationwide moved to rein in the sector.