Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa is calling on her November opponent, Gov. Greg Abbott, to issue a moratorium on new data centers until the state legislature can adopt statewide regulations.

What they're saying: "The people of Texas are being taken advantage of, in a big way, by corporations who are operating under no rules," Hinojosa said.

"Data centers are coming in and doing as they please - they are guzzling up all our water, guzzling up all our electricity - and the people have no say. They have no power. That is the Wild West of data centers that Greg Abbott has created in Texas. People need relief." Hinojosa also outlined her positions on data center development in the state: Hinojosa comments come the day before the Public Utilities Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas published the new rules this week as an answer to a letter sent by Abbott on June 10. Among the new data center regulations is a requirement that data centers pay for transmission infrastructure built for them and a screening process to prevent developments from putting too much pressure on the electric grid.