This Democratic Candidate Is Trying to Leverage Data Center Backlash

We Now Have Our First Anti-Data Center Candidate – Is He Actually On to Something?

A candidate challenges data center development's impact on communities in Michigan.

El-Sayed lays out policy 'terms of engagement’ with AI data centers in U.S. Senate hunt

Zero utility rate hikes, community transparency and other guarantees should be the starting place for any negotiations with developers of AI data centers if they want to do business in Michigan, according to Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The candidate, who is in a three-way race for the Democratic nomination against U.S. Rep. Haley […]

El-Sayed lays out policy ‘terms of engagement’ with AI data centers in U.S. Senate hunt

Zero utility rate hikes, community transparency and other guarantees should be the starting place for any negotiations with developers of AI data centers if they want to do business in Michigan, according to Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The…

This Democratic Candidate Is Trying to Leverage Data Center Backlash

Clarence Tabb Jr./APAn insurgent Senate candidate in Michigan is hoping that burgeoning backlash against massive data-center development projects will help propel him to victory this year. Abdul El-Sayed, who is running to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters, released a document Thursday laying out a series of demands for new data center developments in the state that he hopes can serve as the basis for new legislation should he be elected.El-Saye…

Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed presents 'terms of engagement' for data centers

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