Data centers are shaking up US politics, bringing unlikely allies together. “We’ve been foes for a long time ... but when it comes down to our backyards, we realized we are really just the same people.” @stavernise.bsky.social
Data centers are changing our politics: "... it was the sheer scale of the proposals, the suddenness with which they’ve appeared and the secrecy surrounding them that is punching emotion into the issue, turning out thousands of Democrats and Republicans..."
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Democratic candidates should capitalize on anti-data center sentiment. Many people who care about this issue are rural voters who don’t want to live next to one.
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Gov. Cox sure sounds frustrated lately as the citizens of Utah push back on the honor of installing the largest data center in the world in Utah.
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Americans unite to handicap the one industry that has kept us out of a major recession since 2024. Get your tiki torches & CCP flags!!! Don't tread on me! 🇨🇳
“There is a political realignment going on,” said Christy McGillivray, an environmental activist. “Doing this work right now, I feel like the ground is shifting under my feet. The words I have used my entire life to describe politics are not adequate anymore, or accurate."
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Read about it in this NYT article (gift link for ya'll): www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
“There is a political realignment going on,” said Christy McGillivray, an environmental activist. “...I feel like the ground is shifting under my feet. The words I have used my entire life to describe politics are not adequate anymore, or accurate.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
‘The Most Bipartisan Issue Since Beer’: Opposition to Data Centers www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
Tremendous use of power, water and space bringing political opposites together
#AI #DataCenters #Bi-Partisan #EveyoneHatesThem #CrossPoliticalPartyLines #AmericansUnited #SkyrocketingEnergyBills
The New York Times:
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“In an era when Americans are divided on everything — even the cars they drive and the TV shows they watch — data centers seem to have bridged the partisan divide.”
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Americans from both parties have soured on data centers, polls show. In an era when Americans are divided on everything — even the cars they drive and the TV shows they watch — data centers seem to have bridged the partisan divide.
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Opposition to data centers brings people together! Companies and government need to learn fast that people want transparency and honesty, especially when decisions affect their backyards.
Something Liberals and Conservatives Agree On: Hatred of Data Centers www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
Een mooi en moeilijk verhaal. In het diep gepolariseerde #Amerika staan mensen vaak lijnrecht tegenover elkaar, maar in #Michigan vinden conservatieven en progressieven elkaar juist, over partijgrenzen heen, in de strijd tegen de bouw van datacentra. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
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This is an opportunity for local media to rebuild trust from the left and the right. Being an authoritative source of information about data center proposals in a community can bring an audience back that dismissed the local media for perceived political bias
Something Liberals and Conservatives Agree On: Hatred of Data Centers
Americans have soured on the projects, polls show, and the sentiment is profoundly bipartisan. How that will change our politics? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
