{"slug": "republicans-scramble-to-oppose-data-centers", "title": "Republicans Scramble to Oppose Data Centers", "summary": "Republican candidates in at least five states, including Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, have adopted tougher rhetoric on data centers or proposed restrictions on their development, breaking from President Donald Trump's pro-AI agenda ahead of the November elections, according to Reuters.", "body_md": "[Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/texas-republicans-turn-against-data-centers-putting-big-tech-notice-2026-09-03/): “Across the country, as Democrats ride a wave of local opposition to data centers ahead of the November elections, Republicans are increasingly breaking from U.S. President Donald Trump’s pro-AI agenda.”\n\n“Republican candidates in at least five states – including Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania – have recently adopted tougher rhetoric on data centers or proposed restrictions on their development, creating a new fault line within the party.”", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/republicans-scramble-to-oppose-data-centers", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/09/03/republicans-scramble-to-oppose-data-centers/", "published_at": "2026-09-03 12:58:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-03 13:25:20.954191+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Reuters", "Donald Trump", "Michigan", "Wisconsin", "Pennsylvania"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/republicans-scramble-to-oppose-data-centers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/republicans-scramble-to-oppose-data-centers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/republicans-scramble-to-oppose-data-centers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/republicans-scramble-to-oppose-data-centers.jsonld"}}