On Tuesday local time, voters in at least 38 US jurisdictions passed bans or control measures to restrict data center construction, reflecting general public dislike of such facilities and further hindering the expansion plans of the artificial intelligence industry. In states popular for data center construction, Democratic candidates who promised to curb the disorderly expansion of computing power warehouses won the gubernatorial election, and data center construction was thwarted one after another. The public's conflict with data centers and AI escalated to a core issue in the general election for the first time this year, and became a driving force in the Democratic Party's election campaign in particular. Heavyweights such as Obama and OpenAI Chief Policy Officer Chris Lehan predict that AI will be the number one topic in the 2028 presidential election. Faced with public disgust, AI companies have been forced to adjust their propaganda rhetoric and strategies. Microsoft, Google, and Amazon said they would cancel a disputed contract clause requiring local officials to keep early data center plans confidential from local residents. When promoting OpenAI to the outside world, OpenAI is now using the term AI “computing power park” instead of referring to data centers. Many AI executives and Trump are publicly and privately complaining: the boycott of data centers has gone too far, and many of the objections are untrue, and will eventually damage America's national security and economic competitiveness.

On Tuesday local time, voters in at least 38 US jurisdictions passed bans or control measures to restrict data center construction, reflecting general public dislike of such facilities and further hindering the expansion plans of the artificial intelligence industry. In states popular for data center construction, Democratic candidates who promised to curb the disorderly expansion of computing power warehouses won the gubernatorial election, and data center construction was thwarted one after another. The public's conflict with data centers and AI escalated to a core issue in the general election for the first time this year, and became a driving force in the Democratic Party's election campaign in particular. Heavyweights such as Obama and OpenAI Chief Policy Officer Chris Lehan predict that AI will be the number one topic in the 2028 presidential election. Faced with public disgust, AI companies have been forced to adjust their propaganda rhetoric and strategies. Microsoft, Google, and Amazon said they would cancel a disputed contract clause requiring local officials to keep early data center plans confidential from local residents. When promoting OpenAI to the outside world, OpenAI is now using the term AI “computing power park” instead of referring to data centers. Many AI executives and Trump are publicly and privately complaining: the boycott of data centers has gone too far, and many of the objections are untrue, and will eventually damage America's national security and economic competitiveness.