Texas Democrat Gina Hinojosa, speaking on The Interview, says residents near Amarillo are fighting Project Matador, which she calls the world's largest data center, and names former governor Rick Perry and his son as investors. She says the deal draws all its water from the city supply in a drought-prone area. Residents told her that when they asked what happens if the water runs out, municipal water officials said residents would be turned off first.
The receipt
- Who
- Gina Hinojosa
- Where
- interview - The Interview (New York Times)
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- The Interview · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 45 seconds, unedited within the cut
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- 175 on Instagram
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And the results is that in this state where we struggle from drought, for instance, I was in the panhandle, Amarillo, talking to residents where they are fighting the world's largest data center. It is called Project Matador. Its investors are Rick Perry, our former governor and his son. They negotiated a deal to get all of their water in this drought prone area for the data center from the city water supply. When residents asked what happens if we run out of water, the response they told me they got from municipal water was, well, we will have to turn off the residents first. Right? Like that's the environment we're living in in Texas.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.