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On August 31 President Trump posted that communities opposing AI data centers want to be 'backwards and poor' and told them to 'let Data Reign.' The same day Vice President JD Vance told reporters that 99% of the backlash comes from places where a data center means higher electricity prices, and said the companies should build their own power. Republicans' own Senate campaign arm had already reached the same conclusion in a leaked memo: data centers are a 'sleeper issue' for the midterms, and the fix is making them pay for their own utilities.

Continue the story on unscarcity.ai:

• Who Pays for AI's Electricity? The Grid Cost Fight
• Data Center Moratoriums: Who Vetoes the AI Buildout?

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