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RURAL TEXANS COOL ON DATA CENTERS Most Texas voters oppose building a data center in their own community, and the resistance is strongest in rural Texas, according to a June University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll.

The poll found 56 percent of Texas voters opposed local data center construction, while 29 percent supported it and 16 percent had no opinion. Among rural voters, 62 percent oppo…