Greg Abbott halted all new data center construction in the Lone Star State, pending "a comprehensive verification and audit" of all new data center projects hoping to connect to the state's power grid. ERCOT "is currently considering approximately 474 gigawatts of requests to connect to the Texas grid," about 90 percent of which are associated with data centers, Abbott wrote. Kathy Hochul, citing many of the same arguments as Abbott, issued the nation's first moratorium on new data center construction. As is often the case in the data center debate, politics seems to be shaping Abbott's decision. With about 70 percent of Americans opposing the buildout of data centers in their communities, according to a recent Heatmap Pro poll, the data center wars are unlikely to end anytime soon.