{"id":4680,"date":"2026-08-20T07:35:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4680"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:35:37","slug":"how-politicians-changed-their-tune-on-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4680","title":{"rendered":"How Politicians Changed Their Tune On Data Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Politicians used to champion data centers as a symbol of economic development, but now they have spurned them as Americans sour on data centers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4678\">Colorado Prosecutor Makes Second Attempt To Wiggle Out Of Suit Targeting Gun Tax<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) warned that Americans\u2019 disdain for data centers could cost Republicans a key Senate seat and that a loss in Ohio could hinder future data center development, Axios reported. Governors used to tout data centers and now have paused or put more rules against artificial intelligence development in the face of negative polling on the issue. <\/p>\n<p>The NRSC memo to AI companies said that Republican Ohio Senator John Husted and former Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown remain in a \u201cdead heat\u201d largely due to Brown\u2019s anti-data center messaging. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cData centers are the anchor hanging around Husted\u2019s neck. If he loses and data centers get the blame, politicians across the country will take notice \u2014 and they will not go near the next one,\u201d the NRSC memo stated, which was obtained by a source aware of the message to AI companies. Ohio remains one of the top leaders in data center development as OpenAI announced a data center project in southern Ohio that may become one of the largest such projects. <strong>(RELATED: Did This Sprawling Nvidia-Backed Project Address Everyone\u2019s Concerns About Data Centers?)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf voters\u2019 perceptions of data centers are not fixed quickly, the campaign against them will expand far beyond Ohio,\u201d the NRSC memo emphasized, urging AI companies to help address negative public perception about data centers. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Brown used to champion data centers before the public\u2019s opinion on them turned sour, Fox News reported earlier in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new data center is great news for New Albany and central Ohio. Amazon\u2019s growth in central Ohio signals that this region is not only a great place to do business, but a place where people want to live and raise a family,\u201d the then-senator wrote in a press release about the construction of a third data center in central Ohio. <\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Brown did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>Tech companies now look to combat negative perceptions with new media campaigns, according to Axios. <\/p>\n<p>Governors have imposed moratoriums or more rules against AI development. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past year, I\u2019ve listened to the people of Pennsylvania \u2014 and I\u2019ve heard directly from many residents across our Commonwealth who are concerned about what data center development could mean for our communities, our environment, and our utility bills,\u201d Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4676\">Google Sides With Politicians Over Its Own Users<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy message to data center developers is clear: if you can\u2019t agree to our strict requirements and get the community where you want to build to say \u2018yes,\u2019 you\u2019re not going to have the Commonwealth\u2019s support either,\u201d he added. \u201cThese are some of the biggest companies in the world &#8211; they can afford to be good neighbors, follow the rules, and do this right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Shapiro referred the DCNF to its press release on the governor\u2019s order on data centers.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro\u2019s order requires AI labs to obtain state permits, pay for the electricity cost, hire and train local workers, invest in local priorities and protect the environment, according to a  from his office. <\/p>\n<p>Shapiro\u2019s order serves as a reversal of his previously pro-AI stance, according to the Center Square. He created a fast-track process for data centers in the Keystone State, which he described in 2024 as a \u201cgame changer.\u201d Nine of the 17 projects in the fast track program were data centers. <\/p>\n<p>Amazon in 2025 committed $20 billion to build at least two data centers in the state stating at the time that the \u201cfuture of AI\u201d will \u201crun through the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, according to Just the News.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro\u2019s about-faced on data centers as he runs for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJosh Shapiro is trying to gaslight the people of Pennsylvania into not believing what they\u2019ve seen with their own eyes for the past 13 months. Last summer, Josh Shapiro was the biggest data center cheerleader in the nation, and he reaped in more than $5 million in campaign donations from out-of-state data center interests in the process,\u201d Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity said in a statement, per NBC Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>State polling found that Pennsylvanians widely frown on data center development. <\/p>\n<p>Seventy-six percent of registered Pennsylvania found that 76% of registered state voters would oppose a data center in their community, according to a July Quinnipiac poll.<\/p>\n<p>Americans feel similarly across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-two percent of Americans say they remain more concerned than excited about AI, up from 37% in 2021, according to a Pew Research poll released recently. Seventy-one percent say AI will lead to job losses over the next 20 years, up from 64% in 2024. Forty-five percent of American said they believe AI will negatively impact their careers, according to a CNBC poll.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in August issued a moratorium on data centers as Texans increasingly disapprove of them.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4674\">Dem Candidate Sarah Trone Garriott Rebrands On Locker Rooms After Voting Against Bill Barring Men From Women\u2019s Spaces<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians used to champion data centers as a symbol of economic development, but now they have spurned them as Americans sour on data centers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[410,3379,1149,2710,1109,3889],"class_list":["post-4680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-daily-caller-news-foundation","tag-data-center","tag-josh-shapiro","tag-national-republican-senatorial-committee","tag-sherrod-brown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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