Texas halts all state data-center permits pending a grid audit

What we’re less sure of2 of 4 claims

• Low

  On Sept. 22, local pushback against AI data centers grew into a national fight dividing candidates in both parties.

  Unattributed sweeping claim and editorial causal leap by the desk asserting that local pushback became a national fight dividing candidates on Sept. 22, without citing any source in the story.

• Medium

  Bloomberg reports U.S. data-center spending hit new highs in 2026 despite the pushback.

  Bloomberg reports that U.S. data-center spending reached new highs in 2026; the story explicitly attributes this reporting to Bloomberg.