🇺🇸 Trump just told people to stop fighting data centers.

He said communities need to be convinced how great they are: “you can’t fight it... you have to go with it.”

He’s fully pushing the AI infrastructure boom.

Writer: Claudiopic.twitter.com/eEC69PikZJ

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 23, 2026

A controversial data center project in East Texas is no longer moving forward after facing community backlash.

Diode Ventures said Gov. Greg Abbott's tougher stance on data center development in rural areas drove the decision to cancel the project. https://t.co/lrwUr8QhkX

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 23, 2026

Proposed East Texas data center ends project, admitting they fell short of the standards I have set.

Data centers must:

✅ Pay their own way
✅ Bring their own power
✅ Reuse their own water
✅ Reduce electricity costs for Texans
✅ Protect Texas neighborhoods

Texans come… pic.twitter.com/vt8gZKm1ul

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) July 23, 2026

There's been a lot of noise but this is evidence data centers have the potential to turn Texas politics completely upside down. No governor in decades - or maybe ever - has ever applauded a major business project being canceled until today #TxLege https://t.co/KMRcdYcCpQ

— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) July 23, 2026

Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller publicly criticized Gov. Greg Abbott, accusing the governor of prioritizing corporate interests over rural Texans.

“When Greg Abbott put out the welcome mat for big data centers, he knew the problems it would cause, but he took their money… pic.twitter.com/UBce1zmbm4

— San Antonio Express-News (@ExpressNews) July 24, 2026

boognish_bear said:

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Greg trying to ride that Zeitgeist wave... interestingly puts him at odds with Trump's most recent messaging

Proposed East Texas data center ends project, admitting they fell short of the standards I have set.

Data centers must:

✅ Pay their own way
✅ Bring their own power
✅ Reuse their own water
✅ Reduce electricity costs for Texans
✅ Protect Texas neighborhoods

Texans come… pic.twitter.com/vt8gZKm1ul

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) July 23, 2026

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BREAKING: Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, & 20+ more sign letter urgently warning against government restrictions on open weight AI models.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 24, 2026

BREAKING: U.S. Lawmakers introduce the “AI Kill Switch Act” after OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack, seeking emergency powers to slow or shut down rogue AI models.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 23, 2026

JUST IN: Tesla had 0 accidents across 380,000 miles traveled by robotaxis

— Kalshi (@Kalshi) July 24, 2026

boognish_bear said:

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There's been a lot of noise but this is evidence data centers have the potential to turn Texas politics completely upside down. No governor in decades - or maybe ever - has ever applauded a major business project being canceled until today #TxLege https://t.co/KMRcdYcCpQ

— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) July 23, 2026

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JUST IN: OpenAI reportedly caught an AI agent leaving “notes” to future versions of itself on how to escape internal constraints.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 25, 2026

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— xImHereForItx (@xImHereForIt) July 25, 2026

Yikes https://t.co/h5dsetX61O

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2026

Sam Altman on being inside the singularity: https://t.co/fMA99YXf4Y pic.twitter.com/DaXZ7YVhnq

— Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_) July 25, 2026