Summary
Axios reported cooperation between centrist and progressive Democrats over New York’s data-centre moratorium, conservative opposition to some data-centre projects and emerging libertarian-progressive overlap on surveillance safeguards. The issue is cutting across traditional party positions rather than producing a single partisan platform.
Why it matters
AI infrastructure and automated surveillance are becoming electoral issues with consequences for permitting, privacy and procurement. Cross-party coalitions could produce more durable policy than industry lobbying aligned to one party.
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