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Why US voters are fighting Trump's AI data center boom

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Brent Goff
November 6, 2026

Trump is all in on AI and data centers, but three in four Americans oppose a data center in their own community. Can the US really win the global AI race if voters themselves are blocking the infrastructure it needs?

How can the US win the global race for artificial intelligence if most of America is standing in the way? 

President Trump remains unyielding in his support for AI and data centers.

But three out of four American voters say they would oppose building an AI data center in their own community.

And 56% say AI and data centers were a major factor in how they voted in the midterm elections this week.

Shobita Parthasarathy, professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, discusses Trump's AI dilemma with DW.

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