Jeff Landry and Greg Abbott discussed differing approaches to data center regulation and announced a moratorium on data centers for audit.
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Updated Aug 27
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What happened
Jeff Landry and Greg Abbott discussed differing approaches to data center regulation and announced a moratorium on data centers for audit.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Jeff Landry
American politician (born 1970)
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Greg Abbott
Governor of Texas since 2015
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