AI Data Center Backlash Reaches the Ballot Box and Crosses Party Lines

Brookings scholar Darrell West discusses bipartisan backlash over AI data centers, Flock cameras and technology companies.

AI-written summary · The Chestnut Post · October 29, 2026 at 12:30 PM EDT · How we use AI

Disputes over massive AI data centers are becoming an election issue, with opposition to the AI boom extending across party lines.

In a discussion with NPR, Brookings scholar Darrell West examines the backlash against data centers, Flock cameras and technology companies.

The debate raises a central question for communities where large AI data centers are being built: Who stands to benefit?

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