The estimated Texas state sales-tax revenue lost to data-center exemptions in FY2026 alone.
$1.31 billion. That's the estimated Texas state sales-tax revenue lost to data-center exemptions in FY2026 alone. The Comptroller's figures (via CBS Austin / Baker Institute) climb toward ~$1.75B a year by FY2030. Abbott asked the Legislature to repeal the break.…
GOOD — making AI builders pay their own power and water freight, and killing secrecy NDAs, is basic fairness; phase out tax carve-outs cleanly
How far the Nasdaq fell on Nov 5, 2026 — a one-day AI-policy scare after Democrats took Congress.
5.5%. That's how far the Nasdaq fell on Nov 5, 2026 — a one-day AI-policy scare after Democrats took Congress. S&P 500 −4.4%. Dow −3.4% (~1,833 points). NPR: more than $2 trillion in market value wiped. Nvidia −9.2%, AMD −17.3%,…
MIXED — voters asked for AI guardrails and markets believed them; a national buildout freeze would be a strategic own-goal
Local ballot measures on data centers across 10 states — and voters sided against them in nearly every counted race.
41. Local ballot measures on data centers across 10 states — and voters sided against them in nearly every counted race. Nov 3, 2026: towns from Maine to California put AI's power plants on the ballot. CNBC/Ballotpedia: 41 measures in…
MIXED — democratic local control over land and water is legitimate; a patchwork of bans is a real tax on national AI capacity
The share of utility costs Ohio's new governor says data centers must pay — or they don't get built.
100%. That's the share of utility costs Ohio's new governor says data centers must pay — or they don't get built. Gov.-elect Amy Acton (D) supports a "conditional moratorium": cover 100% of gas, water and electricity costs, build exclusively with…
MIXED — ratepayer cost internalization and anti-NDA rules are sound; exclusive-union + vague 'zero impact' conditions risk a protectionist veto
41%. That's Texas's share of planned U.S. data-center capacity for 2028 — and the new governor just promised a statewide ban on new approvals. Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D) said on Oct. 22 she will issue a "moratorium — a ban…
MIXED — justified pause for water/power/community rules in the #1 2028 capacity state; dangerous if it becomes an open-ended political freeze
Zero. That's how many US rules specifically target child labor in Congo's cobalt mines, the source of most of the world's cobalt.
Children have been documented working in small-scale Congo mines. China processes most battery materials, some tied to Uyghur forced labor. The US bans Xinjiang-linked imports and restricted Chinese content in EV subsidies, but stays close to silent on Congo. Taxpayer…
13.2 million barrels a day: U.S. crude output in 2024, up from ~11.6M in Dec 2021 (EIA).
But that came despite Washington, not because of it. On Day One, Biden revoked the Keystone XL permit and paused new federal oil and gas leases. Federal lease sales thinned. Production surged mostly on private Permian land. Gasoline was a…
MIXED Full analysis Energy Policy: Leasing, Pipelines, and Domestic Production Mandates Biden Day-One leasing pause, Keystone XL permit revoke, constrained federal l
