Abdul El-Sayed, then-Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, speaks during a news conference near the construction site of "The Barn" data center, developed by Related Digital for Oracle and OpenAI, in Saline Township, Michigan, on July 30, 2026. | Sarah Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images You’ve probably been hearing a lot about data centers this week. Candidates in several races made regulating data centers a key part of their campaigns. Now, 40 ballot measures to slow or stop data centers have passed. And in an exit poll, when respondents were asked how important AI and data center...
This election’s biggest AI story isn’t about data centers
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