Tae Kim predicts Texas data center building will continue beyond a few months of delays under Hinojosa
Tae KimTechnology journalist and author of the Key Context newsletter, in a newsletter post
Kim argues that investors overreacted to Hinojosa's election, calls her a pro-business Democrat, and predicts that the data center buildout will continue unimpeded beyond limited delays of a few months while companies negotiate deals that meet her demands.
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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.
“I expect Hinojosa will be a pragmatist. I predict the data center buildout will continue unimpeded beyond limited delays of a few months to hammer out new deals that meet the governor-elect's demands.”
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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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Tae Kim's newsletter post arguing that investors overreacted to Hinojosa's election and predicting that Texas data center construction will continue after limited delays.
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Kim writes that chip stocks had their worst day in six years on November 5 and that uncertainty over Hinojosa's data center policy played a major role in the selloff. He quotes her CNN interview and notes that she named Ryan Pollock of the Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council, who supports data center construction with fair wages and community protections, to her transition team.
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Kim writes that OpenAI has committed to being more accountable to local communities and that he expects the major technology companies to work out deals with the Texas government and local towns.
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The reference point is Hinojosa's pledge to pause new data center approvals in Texas until the Legislature passes protections. Kim accepts that the pause worries investors but argues it will bring only limited delays of a few months before building continues, which downplays its likely consequences.
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