Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes $50 million in funding to build cyber campus at Port San Antonio

Gov. Greg Abbott this week vetoed a $50 million veto approved by law makers that would have gone towards the development of a military cyber campus at Port San Antonio, the Express-News reports.

Rep. Philip Cortez, a San Antonio Democrat who championed the funding, told the daily he was surprised by the veto, which could hold back discussions with the Air Force about relocating the mission headquarters for its cyber operations to the Alamo City. The tech-focused Port San Antonio business park, which is located at a redeveloped Air Force base, submitted a bid earlier this year to house the federal facility.

Abbott crossed out the words in a $13.2 billion spending bill that would have created the funding for Port San Antonio’s cyber campus, according to the Express-News. He wrote in a note calling the proposed expenditure “duplicative of other state initiatives including the Texas Cyber Command,” the paper reports.

“I’m disappointed that the item was vetoed,” Cortez told the daily.

Cortez and leaders at Port San Antonio also said the proposed cyber campus would operate as a classified site that serves the U.S. military, while the Texas Cyber Command that Abbott referenced is dedicated to state and local online security, according to the Express-News. 

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This article appears in Jun 12-25, 2025.