Abbott: Data centers must pay own infrastructure costs

News Clip0:49KTSM 9 NEWS·TX·6/11/2026

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed electric utility companies to ensure that residential taxpayers are not burdened with the costs of data center infrastructure expansions. This directive aims to shift the financial responsibility for such developments onto the data center companies themselves.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott is instructing electric utility companies to ensure that residential taxpayers do not cover the costs of data center expansions, according to a news release on Wednesday, June 10. More: https://www.ktsm.com/local/el-paso-news/gov-abbott-data-centers-must-pay-own-infrastructure-costs/