Musk’s Midterm Bets Face New Political and Business Risks
Politics · First reported 4 Nov, 12:52 · Updated 13:52
A Reuters report says Elon Musk spent nearly half a billion dollars backing Republicans, while election losses could bring closer scrutiny of his companies and data-centre projects. The Daily Beast snippet also characterizes his midterm spending as a failed effort to influence the outcome.
- The Reuters report says Musk spent nearly half a billion dollars backing Republican candidates, but Democrats won both chambers of Congress and Gina Hinojosa defeated Greg Abbott in Texas’s governor’s race.
- The report says Democrats may increase scrutiny of Musk’s companies and data-centre projects; Hinojosa has called for a halt to new projects until stronger community protections are in place.
- The Daily Beast snippet describes Musk’s midterm spending as a failed attempt to influence the elections, but provides no further details in the supplied text.
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- Musk’s political spending
- Nearly half a billion dollars, according to Reuters.
- Texas governor’s race
- Gina Hinojosa defeated Greg Abbott, according to Reuters.
- SpaceX data-centre capacity target
- The report says the company aimed to increase capacity from 1.7 gigawatts at September-end to as much as 3 gigawatts by year-end.
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