Data center backlash cracks rural GOP wall in Texas

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NAVASOTA — Joie Miller moved to rural Grimes County to raise her daughter hunting, fishing and spending time with her grandparents on their 100-acre ranch. Then Elon Musk announced he was constructing the world's largest building a little more than…

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