Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., blocked the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act in the Senate on Thursday, thwarting Sen. Jon Husted's, R-Ohio, unanimous-consent request to fast-track the bill after it …
Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) has received $631,284 in campaign contributions over his career from data center owners and operators, their employees, and their lobbyists, including individuals associated wit…
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…
Build American AI, an advocacy group backed by the super PAC Leading the Future—funded by Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and OpenAI President Greg Brockman—said Monday it will spend millions on advert…
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President and CEO Austan Goolsbee told Fortune that AI-driven demand for data centers is 'not far' from causing 'aggregate overheating' in the U.S. economy, as construc…
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.…
Build American AI, an advocacy group backed by pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign in Kansas, Ohio, and Wisconsin to counter public backlash against data ce…
Opposition to local AI data centers rose to 61% of U.S. adults in a June-July Annenberg Public Policy Center survey, up from 49% in the spring, and the issue is entering 2026 election contests in Ohio…
A bipartisan backlash against data centers, driven by concerns over noise, resources, and electricity costs, has intensified, with 52 lawsuits filed in the U.S. and 211 active moratoria tracked by Int…
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…
At least 75 AI data center projects worth roughly $130 billion were blocked or delayed in the first quarter of 2026, the largest single-quarter total recorded by Data Center Watch, as local opposition…
The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a memo warning that Democratic attacks on AI data centers are hurting Republican candidate Jon Husted in Ohio, where Sen. Sherrod Brown has spent mi…
President Donald Trump said at a White House event with cryptocurrency leaders that he would welcome AI plants and data centers in his town, citing 'enormous' jobs and tax revenue, even as voter anger…
The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a memo Tuesday warning that the Republican Party's stance on data centers could cost incumbent Ohio Sen. Jon Husted his election against former Sen.…
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…
A confidential memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee warns top AI executives that public backlash against data centers threatens Republican efforts to retain the Ohio U.S. Senate seat…
An internal memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) reveals that Republicans in Ohio are asking big tech companies to help improve the public image of AI data centers to boost Se…
Democratic Texas gubernatorial nominee Gina Hinojosa is seizing on backlash against AI data centers in Republican strongholds, calling the industry 'the wild west' and warning of threats to rural life…
The first AI-focused super PAC, Leading the Future, has failed spectacularly after less than a year, unable to replicate the success of crypto PAC Fairshake. Funded by OpenAI President Greg Brockman a…