Politico November 11, 2025
The rapacious energy needs of data centers finally seem to have taken a political toll. In last week’s elections, candidates in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere ran — and won — on voters’ frustration with rising utility bills caused partly by America’s enormous AI buildout.
This could have consequences for tech companies expanding in the U.S., which still need to build giant centers for their AI ambitions, but now find themselves on the wrong end of a political issue.
But it also impacts America on the global stage. A nation where tech infrastructure is suddenly a bogeyman could find itself at a disadvantage — especially as global rivals race to fill the infrastructural gaps and expand their own AI...
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