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‘ON OUR TERMS’: Texas Gov-elect Hinojosa PUSHES BACK on data centers

On Fox News' America Reports, hosts and Compass Datacenters CEO Chris Crosby discuss voter backlash against data centers. The segment plays Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa's call for data centers to operate on Texas' terms; Crosby says the company agrees with much of it.

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Why it matters

The same thing, for different readers.

What it means for you

Compass Datacenters' CEO says people worried about data centers have fair questions, and backs rules on water use, electricity costs and local benefits.

For lawmakers

Fox's segment shows an industry executive endorsing conditions on data centers, such as binding community benefits, that Texas' governor-elect Gina Hinojosa has campaigned on.

The question it raises

Hinojosa frames the dispute as who sets the terms for AI's physical buildout: communities and elected officials, or the companies and their owners.

In their own words

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“THAT STOPS WHEN I'M GOVERNOR. WE CAN HAVE A STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ELON MUSK AND HIS COMPANIES, BUT IT HAS TO BE ON OUR TERMS.”
Gina Hinojosa, governor-elect of TexasClip of the Texas governor-elect, said the day before according to the host, shown during the segment.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 1:51 ↗Speaker known from context, not confirmed by listening
“WE AGREE WITH MOST OF WHAT THE INCOMING GOVERNOR HAS TO SAY. YOU KNOW, DON'T USE NDA'S THAT PEOPLE THINK ARE SECRETIVE. DON'T USE WATER.”
Chris Crosby, CEO, Compass DatacentersAnswering a host's question about whether Compass agrees with calls for data centers to be good neighbors.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 2:20 ↗Speaker known from context, not confirmed by listening

The record

Questions
Who can demand evidence, delay a release or stop an unsafe deployment? · What happens to work, income and the economy?
People
Chris Crosby (Speaks, CEO, Compass Datacenters) · Gina Hinojosa (Speaks, governor-elect of Texas) · Elon Musk (Mentioned) · Greg Abbott (Mentioned)
What we read
We read the whole source.
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The Radar, run of November 8, 2026, via yt-fox-news (tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record)
Cite this
Fox News, “‘ON OUR TERMS’: Texas Gov-elect Hinojosa PUSHES BACK on data centers”, November 7, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/fox-2026-11-07-hinojosa-data-centers-compass-ceo
Our notesAll-caps captions with no speaker names; the transcript begins and ends mid-sentence, so it is a clip of a longer segment. Speakers inferred from the host's introductions. The Hinojosa clip is introduced as said 'yesterday' without a date, so no said-date is given.