Public opinion against new data centers shifted 12 points between March and July, according to a national poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, fueling a GOP backlash that is turning midterm ele…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, campaigning for U.S. Senate, faced widespread online criticism after unveiling his 'Texas First Data Center Plan' on X, which includes banning Chinese technology in …
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) unveiled a four-point plan Monday to restrict data centers if elected to the U.S. Senate, joining other GOP candidates in taking a stronger stance against AI infr…
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya warned that three converging pressures—a spreading 'doom narrative' among politicians, bipartisan political backlash, and rising Treasury yields—could slow the …
Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Crowley refuses to condemn data centers, touting the state's potential to become an AI and data hub for the entire globe, a stance his Republican oppon…
The five biggest hyperscalers — Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta and Oracle — are set to spend more than $750 billion on capital expenditures this year, up 67% from last year, with roughly 75% earmarke…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton proposed a four-point federal legislative platform on August 24 that would ban Chinese-linked technology in U.S. data centers and impose criminal liability on data ce…
U.S. President Donald Trump defended AI data center construction in a radio interview that aired Sunday, calling local and state pauses on such projects a mistake because they bring jobs and tax reven…
President Donald Trump is backing rapid AI data center expansion, saying communities that reject the projects are 'making a mistake,' even as voter opposition grows across party lines. An Annenberg Pu…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday pledged to ban Chinese technology from U.S. data centers and hold companies criminally liable if their data centers power AI chatbots that endanger children…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on ABC that AI companies have "basically dug their own grave for the problem that's been caused for them, and that's why they got the backlash they deserve," reversing …
A wave of off-grid, gas-powered data centers built to meet AI compute demand is triggering a rural health crisis in Texas, with roughly 130 proposed facilities that could emit pollution equivalent to …
A new MIT Technology Review report highlights that children vastly outperform AI language models in learning efficiency, with an LLM processing a hundred thousand times more words than a person experi…
President Trump said communities that reject data centers are "making a mistake," arguing the facilities create jobs and money and are not taking power from the grid, in an interview with Michael Cohe…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said AI data centers deserve the backlash they are receiving, telling ABC's 'This Week' that they 'basically dug their own grave.' A Gallup survey found 70% of Americans oppose …
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told ABC's Jonathan Karl that data center companies "dug their own grave" and deserve the backlash they face after failing to win community support, marking a sharp reversal fro…
Opposition to new local AI data centers reached 71% in a March Gallup survey and 61% in a June-July Annenberg survey, with majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents opposed, reshaping 2026…
Tech leaders are blaming Chinese propaganda, public ignorance, and bad optics for the backlash against AI data centers, which a May Gallup poll shows over 70% of Americans oppose. Y Combinator CEO Gar…
Bill McKibben, in an August 21 blog post, called the data center buildout an 'environmental plague,' citing a Bloomberg New Energy analysis that planned data centers will increase U.S. electricity sec…
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya warned that growing backlash against data centers is a 'powder keg' that could unwind 200-300 basis points of annual GDP if it metastasizes, and criticized 'the…