Meanwhile, seven activists and roughly two dozen supporters rallied at the Capitol demanding Gov. Abbott call a special session, with Hood County residents and Rena Schroeder, a Republican Senate candidate in South Texas, framing data center expansion as a rural threat.
Near Waco, Infrakey's proposed $10 billion, 520-acre campus in Lacy Lakeview (population 7,000) has generated 3,000 petition signatures, with state Rep. Pat Curry (R-Waco) and Texas Senate District 22 candidate Rena Schroeder attending strategy meetings.