The AI Buildout's Political Wall: Data Centers Face Midterm Backlash and Grid Revolt

The U.S. data center landscape is under siege as Silicon Valley's physical expansion hits a populist wall. Axios reports that 70% of Americans now oppose data center construction, with the backlash evolving from localized NIMBYism into a full-blown midterm election issue that threatens to shatter the bipartisan consensus that fueled the AI buildout.

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The resistance is getting creative and expensive. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas estimates these...