The GOP'S Data Center Panic

The GOP'S Data Center Panic

—Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: Cnv Studio via Canva)Not even a year ago, state leaders of all stripes were clamoring for data centers, the A.I.-warehouses of the future. Incentives here. Promises of infrastructure there. Sweetheart deals all around. But as voters started to view the centers as a resource suck and potentially job killers, sentiment moved quicker than a ChatGPT prompt; between March and July, public opinion shifted 12 …

The data-center backlash has broken into the midterms but the industry’s problem is larger than communications: America needs a new bargain

The companies building and using data centers should pay the costs they create. In return, states should give responsible projects certainty and speed.

Voter concerns about data centers cut 'across party lines’ ahead of midterms

Data centers are quickly becoming a key issue in the midterm elections. NBC News Political Reporter Allan Smith and Senior National Political Reporter Jon Allen discuss how lawmakers are wrestling with the issue on the campaign trail.

NBC 15: Fight over 'data centers shifts into overdrive' as midterms get closer

NBC 15 reports: Backlash over data centers has become a central issue in the upcoming midterms as Americans on both sides of the aisle are becoming more resistant to having them built in their communities, pushing candidates to stake positions on how to handle them. As the artificial intelligence industry plans billions of dollars’ worth of investments to ramp up construction of data centers to power the technology, it is running into mounting r…