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Data centers create quandary for politicians; AI is big, but so is the costwww.politico.com/news/2025/12/14/data-center-boom-creates-political-conundrum-gop-00680635
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"Republicans on Capitol Hill who have championed the tech industry’s race to dominate artificial intelligence are confronting a growing political obstacle: voters angry over the soaring energy demands and utility costs tied to the data centers.
The politics of data centers are still very much in flux, but GOP politicians may be particularly vulnerable to a voter backlash because of their pro-development views and President Donald Trump’s all-in support for AI — including blocking states from setting their own rules."
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As I'm traversing Europe at the moment once more, I get to see a lot of local takes on this. It's a hot topic in some places there too, even though the scale is smaller. What I find interesting is that there is a lot of weighing going on in the form of energy expenditure versus national (security) interest.
The only problem that I have in all this, is that I still don't see the actual security application to AI or data centers specifically. The real "security" (and I think this is economic security only) can maybe be found in having energy abundance? Everything else ought to be secondary to that?
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