Why US voters are fighting Trump’s AI data center boom | DW News

How can the US win the global race for artificial intelligence if most of America is standing in the way? Trump remains unyielding in his support for AI and data centers. But three out of four American voters say they would oppose the construction of an AI data center in their own community. And 56 percent say AI and data centers were a major factor in how they voted in the midterm elections this week. DW News asked Shobita Parthasarathy, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, for her assessment.

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Chapters:

00:00 Why AI data centers became a midterm election issue

01:34 Voter backlash against data centers | Shobita Parthasarathy

03:42 Elon Musk, Texas politics and the AI industry connection

04:52 Why communities fear higher energy costs and water shortages

07:41 Small towns push back against AI expansion

10:28 China, regulation and the future of America's AI race

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