Big Tech is building data centers in our backyards. They use our water, spike our electric bills and pollute our air, all so tech billionaires can build AI that takes our jobs. Greg Abbott, John James, Tommy Tuberville and Joe Lombardo have spent years inviting them in and selling us out.
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Data Centers Are Ruining America. These Republicans Invited Them In.
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