Summary
The Senate Republican campaign arm warned top AI companies that negative views of US data centres could damage the party’s prospects in a pivotal Ohio race, Axios reported. The memo cited more than 4,000 operating data centres and over 3,000 proposed or in-progress facilities, and urged companies to explain who benefits and who pays.
Why it matters
The memo shows that AI infrastructure has become an electoral and permitting issue, increasing pressure on providers to make the local economic case for data-centre expansion.
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