{"slug": "the-newest-bipartisan-issue-not-wanting-an-ai-data-center-next-door", "title": "The newest bipartisan issue: not wanting an AI data center next door", "summary": "Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds has attracted more than $5 million in support from a pro-AI super PAC, but is losing Republican voters opposed to AI data centers in their communities. Hernando County, Florida, has approved a one-year moratorium on data-center applications.", "body_md": "Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds has attracted more than $5 million in support from a pro-AI super PAC. He is also losing Republican voters who do not want the industry's data centers in their communities.\n\nOne Florida county, Hernando, has already approved a one-year moratorium on data-center applications. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/07/25/the-newest-bipartisan-issue-not-wanting-an-ai-data-center-next-door.html)\n\nThe post [The newest bipartisan issue: not wanting an AI data center next door](https://boingboing.net/2026/07/25/the-newest-bipartisan-issue-not-wanting-an-ai-data-center-next-door.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-newest-bipartisan-issue-not-wanting-an-ai-data-center-next-door", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/07/25/the-newest-bipartisan-issue-not-wanting-an-ai-data-center-next-door.html", "published_at": "2026-07-25 20:00:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-25 20:08:50.871379+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Byron Donalds", "Hernando County"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-newest-bipartisan-issue-not-wanting-an-ai-data-center-next-door", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-newest-bipartisan-issue-not-wanting-an-ai-data-center-next-door.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-newest-bipartisan-issue-not-wanting-an-ai-data-center-next-door.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-newest-bipartisan-issue-not-wanting-an-ai-data-center-next-door.jsonld"}}