# As data center backlash grows, Big Tech spends big to sway California lawmakers

> Source: <https://localnewsmatters.org/2026/08/29/as-data-center-backlash-grows-big-tech-spends-big-to-sway-california-lawmakers/>
> Published: 2026-08-29 23:00:00+00:00

COMPANIES BACKING DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION are flooding Sacramento with cash, hoping to stop or defang seven bills that would regulate the facilities as they head toward approval in the California Legislature this week. The pro-data-center spenders include Big Tech companies like Amazon and AI titan Anthropic. But they are led, dollar-wise, by old school utility […]

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