Gina Hinojosa won Texas's governor race, becoming the first Democrat to hold the office in more than 30 years and defeating Republican Greg Abbott, while Democrat James Talarico won the state's Senate seat. Hinojosa has been critical of the rapid buildout of AI data centers and in July proposed a temporary statewide pause on new ones until lawmakers adopt protections, such as requiring data centers to pay for transmission infrastructure. Investors fear this could slow data center construction and constrain AI computing capacity, and cloud-related stocks fell as results came in, with Oracle down 2.3%, CoreWeave down 3.3%, Iren down 4.3%, and Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet down 0.4% to 1%. Some commentators argue the concern is overblown or already priced in, while trading firm Liquid noted Iren and Galaxy Digital have substantial Texas exposure.
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