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JB Pritzker is the Governor of Illinois, not Texas, and therefore has no direct role in Texas datacenter infrastructure, energy, or policy.
June 2, 2026
Ride-Through Becomes the New Phase I Discipline for Texas SitesContrast that with Illinois, where the POWER Act missed its May 31 deadline and Governor Pritzker is moving to suspend $983 million in tax credits, and Virginia, where a Prince William County appeals court halted the Digital Gateway project on public-notice grounds.
June 1, 2026
Tax Abatements Lose the Room. Power, Water, and Cost Causation Take Over.Illinois's POWER Act missed the spring deadline and now targets fall veto session, with Governor Pritzker proposing to pause the $983 million in lifetime tax credits distributed since 2019.
February 22, 2026
6.5 GW Under Construction, $98 Billion Stalled at the City LineIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker proposed a two-year suspension of datacenter tax incentives, citing grid strain and ratepayer cost exposure.
February 16, 2026
States Race to Write the Rules Before the Next Megawatt Comes OnlineIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who signed datacenter tax incentives in 2019, now says "if they do threaten to raise rates, we've got to slow them down."
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