Data Center Uproar Scrambles the Midterm Election

“A new populist fever is coursing through the midterms, forcing campaigns to retreat and recalibrate as they confront a groundswell of hostility toward AI data centers,” Axios reports.

“Grassroots pressure is breaking the bipartisan consensus that enabled America’s AI buildout. Candidates in both parties are now racing to distance themselves from projects their own leaders spent years courting.”