As a Texan who loves this land and worries for our families, farmers, and kids’ future, Project Stargate in Abilene has me deeply concerned. Our state is still locked in years of brutal drought — Lake Abilene sits at just 3.5% capacity — yet this massive AI campus, backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, and UAE-backed MGX, got an 85% property tax break plus full state sales tax exemptions on all their equipment and power. They’re pulling an initial 8 million gallons from city supplies just to fill the system, then about 10 million more every year after. Even with their “closed-loop” tech, it feels like we’re handing Big Tech our most precious resource while so many Texans are already rationing every drop. Are we really putting GPUs ahead of the people and places that built Texas? We deserve better.