Elon Musk spent nearly half a billion dollars trying to help Republicans win the 2026 midterm elections . Instead, Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, Texas elected a Democratic governor for the first time in more than three decades, and voters across the country backed new restrictions on AI data centers.

For Musk, those election results might have consequences beyond Washington since the billionaire has invested heavily in the infrastructure needed to power AI . Musk has massive data centers that support his Grok chatbot and agent Grok Bot and has built a significant part of his business empire in Texas.…