Leaked GOP memo: Data centers are ‘anchor hanging around Jon Husted’s neck’

How Will Data Centers Impact Ohio's Elections

It’s a critical election year, and candidates running for Senate and governor in Ohio are becoming increasingly aware that the issue of data centers could play a key role in the outcome of the election. On Wednesday, Axios reported on a private memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee to AI companies—it was titled “Ohio...

How Will Data Centers Affect Ohio’s Elections?

It’s a critical election year, and candidates running for Senate and governor in Ohio are becoming increasingly aware that the issue of data centers could play a key role in the outcome of the election. On Wednesday, Axios reported on a private memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee to AI companies—it was titled “Ohio...

Leaked GOP memo: Data centers are ‘anchor hanging around Jon Husted’s neck’

The Republican Party’s own U.S. Senate campaign arm is warning major AI companies that Jon Husted’s association with data centers has become the biggest political liability in his race against Sherrod Brown — and that the industry itself needs to step in before November. A private Aug. 18 memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, obtained by Axios and titled Ohio Data Center Risk, offers an unusually blunt assessment of an issue Hu…

Leaked GOP Memo Warns Big Tech That AI Data Centers as Popular as 'Nuclear Waste'

The National Republican Senatorial Committee warns Silicon Valley that AI data firms are a political liability.

GOP warns 'radioactive' issue could sink senator – and 'expand far beyond Ohio'

Sen. Jon Husted's Ohio race could be the canary in the coal mine for the Republican Party on an issue that has generated widespread public backlash.The National Republican Senatorial Committee has privately warned top AI companies that public backlash against data centers is threatening the party's ability to hold Husted's seat, and that a loss could trigger a nationwide political reckoning for the industry, according to a memo obtained by Axios…

Republicans beg for help in deep-red Ohio as 'toxic brand' threatens party

Republicans are losing in Ohio and they're starting to panic, according to a memo released Wednesday. Axios reporter Alex Isenstadt obtained a revealing memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), posting it on X Wednesday. A recent Fox News poll shows that former Sen. Sherrod Brown continues to hold a lead over appointed Sen. Jon Husted (R). But the NRSC claims it's a dead heat. According to the memo, Republicans in Ohio know…