Florida is not located within Texas and therefore does not directly constitute part of Texas's datacenter infrastructure, energy resources, or policy framework.
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Florida Power & Light's pipeline holds roughly 21 GW of hyperscaler opportunity, with nearly 12 GW in advanced negotiations and at least one large-load tariff deal expected by year-end.
Florida has 20 communities moving to ban or freeze projects, and Governor DeSantis backs legislation targeting high-consumption facilities, prompting NextNRG to abandon a Nassau County hyperscale plan for a solar farm.
Texas tops Labrynth's new 50-state Data Center Readiness Index, with Oregon, Illinois, and Florida rounding out the top four across nine dimensions including grid reliability, interconnection, permitting, and water supply.
She amplified polling from First Solar and American Energy First, a newly formed coalition that explicitly surveyed likely voters in Texas alongside Arizona, Florida, Indiana, and Ohio.