Texas Lawmakers Press Meta Over El Paso $10B Data Center Expansion
Meta’s planned El Paso data-center campus costing over $10 billion faces new Texas pressure. Gov. Greg Abbott and lawmakers are pushing tougher limits, fewer incentives, and tighter rules for rural development, and the state has approved no additional grid hookups since an Aug. 3 audit. The project targets 1 GW of capacity, with the first phase online in 2028.