On Monday evening, I stood in a large crowd in Austin, Texas who had gathered to see the Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico speak on the eve of the elections that would see him secure a stunning and historic victory over his Republican opponent Ken Paxton. Taking the stage at Stubbs BBQ, hoarse from his final weeks of campaigning, Talarico delivered a speech he had been repeating across the Republican stronghold of Texas for 14 months. In the tightly-honed 25 minute remarks, he delivered the following lines on data centres: “I met a mother in Abilene who built her dream…

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