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Spencer Cox

Spencer Cox is the Governor of Utah, not Texas, and therefore has no direct role in Texas datacenter infrastructure, energy, or policy.

Referenced in 2 briefingsLast referenced: June 1, 2026

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June 1, 2026

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Tax Abatements Lose the Room. Power, Water, and Cost Causation Take Over.

In Utah, Governor Cox's Friday executive order imposes stricter state oversight on future data centers, naming Great Salt Lake protection explicitly.

May 28, 2026

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Helios Hits 1.6 GW on CREZ Lines Built for Wind a Decade Ago

Utah Governor Cox publicly killed the Stratos gas-only plan after 4,000 protest letters and 6,000 signatures, telling the developer future phases "should be nuclear, and they should be geothermal, and solar."

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