A late August 2026 poll found that 47% of Trump voters oppose new data center construction in their areas, while only 35% favor it, and roughly 70% of local communities show bipartisan resistance. Tex…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro are among 11 elected officials who have shifted their positions on data centers amid public backlash, with Hochul imposing the first state…
A Washington Post analysis of thousands of social media posts and newsletters found that most Republican politicians now speak negatively about data centers, a shift that began around February 2026, a…
Bipartisan opposition to Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate readers is growing ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, with Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro calling for a statewide ban and …
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has blocked state agencies from spending money on Flock Safety cameras, but the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will continue using its existing network of at least 940 …
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., expanded his investigation into AI-powered surveillance cameras by sending letters on Wednesday to Motorola Solutions Inc., Verkada Inc., and Axon Enterprise Inc., demanding d…
ERCOT's interconnection queue holds requests for 474 gigawatts, more than five times Texas's peak demand, with roughly 90 percent attributed to data centers, prompting Governor Greg Abbott to order a …
Texas Republicans, led by Governor Greg Abbott, are now calling for sweeping restrictions on data centers, reversing their previous pro-tech stance amid a populist backlash over affordability and loca…
A Fox News poll found 70% of voters oppose building data centers in their communities to support AI, and a growing number of Republicans running in 2026 are distancing themselves from President Donald…
A new Semafor analysis by politics reporter David Weigel finds that anti-data center sentiment has become a major election issue, with two-thirds to three-quarters of Americans opposing data centers i…
President Donald Trump defended AI data center development on Truth Social, warning that communities opposing the projects risk becoming 'backwards and poor' and ceding ground to China in the AI race.…
Yale SOM's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, computer scientist and entrepreneur David Siegel, and co-author Stephen Henriques argue that the growing backlash against data centers should lead to stronger protection…
Donald Trump criticized opponents of AI data centres, saying 'they want to end up being backwards and poor' and warning that killing the 'Golden Goose' would leave them to blame. In the first three mo…
Luxor Energy and Bentaus demonstrated that a single Nvidia B200 AI chip could cut its power draw to roughly 25% of normal within half a second during inference, with no jobs lost, suggesting AI data c…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to stop funding Flock Safety's AI-powered surveillance cameras, a move confirmed by his office to the Texas Tribune, after an investigation found the stat…
President Trump warned Americans not to reject unpopular data centers, saying the facilities bring more tax revenue and lower unemployment and that communities opposing them risk becoming 'backwards a…
President Donald Trump warned on Monday that communities blocking data centers risk becoming 'backwards and poor,' urging support for the facilities to secure jobs and economic gains from America's AI…
President Donald Trump said in a Monday Truth Social post that communities opposing data centers will end up 'backwards and poor,' warning that killing the 'Golden Goose' would please China. His comme…
The Trump administration is launching 'Project Watershed 250' on Monday, a six-month Texas pilot that deploys American AI and cybersecurity tools to protect water systems from cyberattacks, with plans…
Governors who once courted AI data centers are now imposing stricter rules, with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro requiring local approval for state permits and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott halting data cente…