August 19, 2026
In Focus: The Data Center Backlash Becomes an Election Issue
Information in this post reflects publicly available sources as of August 19, 2026. A party asks an industry for a favor Political parties usually tell industries what to do. This week the direction reversed. On August 18 the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent a private memo, headlined around Ohio data center risk, to leading AI companies. Axios obtained it and published the following day. The memo argues that Democrats have made data ce… Read More
by Phee Jay