Gina Hinojosa says Texas needs to stop what it is doing with data centers until protections are in place
Gina HinojosaTexas governor-elect, in a live CNN interview with Jake Tapper
Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa tells CNN's Jake Tapper on November 5, 2026 that Texas needs to stop what it is doing with data centers until it has protections for Texans.
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Asked how she will weigh investors' worries about her promised temporary data center moratorium, Hinojosa says data centers have moved into mostly rural communities with no rules or laws to protect Texans, and that the state needs to stop what it is doing with data centers until it has those protections.
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Gina Hinojosa says that as governor she will issue a moratorium on all data center approvals in Texas until the Legislature passes laws to protect Texans.
“we will have laws to protect Texans, and we need to stop what we are doing with data centers until we have those protections”
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Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa vows to pause new data center approvals until lawmakers pass protections
Gina Hinojosa, elected Texas governor on November 3, 2026, pledged during the campaign to issue a moratorium on all data center approvals until the Legislature passes laws to protect Texans. On November 5 she told CNN the state needs to stop what it is doing with data centers until those protections exist. The Data Center Coalition says its members will keep building in Texas while working with state leaders, and Trump wrote on November 6 that he will work with states that want to become rich from super intelligence, a term CNBC says he uses for data centers.
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The post carries CNN footage of Hinojosa's November 5 interview with Jake Tapper, from his question about investors and the data center moratorium through her answer.
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CNN's transcript of Hinojosa's live interview with Jake Tapper, her first national television interview after the election. Tapper asks about investors' concern over her promised temporary data center moratorium.
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USA TODAY reports Hinojosa's November 5 remarks to CNN that Texas should stop adding data centers until the state sets protections for residents.
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Tapper tells Hinojosa that AI investors are said to be worried about her victory given her promises of a temporary data center moratorium, and cites CNN voter polls showing voters in her race opposed building data centers in their communities, 75 percent to 25 percent. He asks how she will weigh Texans' interests, her policy promises and the immediate economic consequences.
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Hinojosa says Texas can have a strong economy, strong industry and protections for its people. Asked whether data centers could still be built, she says communities need a seat at the table to decide if and how they come in, and that it is not that she hates data centers but the way they are taking advantage of Texas.
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The reference point is Hinojosa's pledge to pause new data center approvals in Texas until the Legislature passes protections. In this interview she restates the pause and argues it is needed because Texans are being taken advantage of under current rules, which defends it.
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