AI data centres took a beating in the midterm elections. A reckoning may be ahead for tech giants
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After a campaign season filled with outrage against artificial intelligence data centres, the midterm elections ushered in a wave of Democrats pledging to clamp down on the energy-hungry behemoths.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — After a campaign season filled with outrage against artificial intelligence data centres, the midterm elections ushered in a wave of Democrats pledging to clamp down on the energy-hungry behemoths.
A tougher regulatory environment for AI giants and data centre developers is expected to follow, even if President Donald Trump — perhaps the industry’s biggest champion — stalls any federal crackdown.
Data centre regulation itself was not on most midterm ballots, and it wasn’t among the top issues for most voters. But hard-line stances against the server warehouses were woven into the platforms of many candidates, including the Democrats who upended longtime Republican control of the governorships in Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Nevada and Iowa, many of which are data centre hot spots.
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