Ohio Senator Jon Husted Defends Trump's Energy Agenda Amid Data Center Backlash

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  1. Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, defended President Donald Trump's energy and economic agenda on Friday during an appearance at a southwestern Ohio steel mill with Vice President JD Vance, as Republicans warn that backlash over data centers could be putting his seat in jeopardy.

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    In Ohio, a data center hot spot with closely contested races for governor and U.S. Senate, the National Republican Senatorial Committee warned in a memo Tuesday that Sen. Jon Husted is vulnerable to losing his seat because of the centers.

  2. “Brown is using it because it works,” the NRSC said. “More than any other thing in this race, data centers are the anchor hanging around Husted’s neck. If he loses and data centers get the blame, politicians across the country will take notice - and they will not go near the next one.”

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    Husted's comments come days after the National Republican Senatorial Committee, or NRSC, warned in a memo that data centers have become a "sleeper issue" this election cycle, as Americans increasingly worry about the impact they could have on their utility costs.

  3. "If voters' perceptions of data centers are not fixed quickly, the campaign against them will expand far beyond Ohio," the NRSC wrote in the Tuesday memo, which was obtained by CNBC and first reported by Axios.

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    Republican committee issues warning over data centers in Ohio Statewide candidates from Nevada to Pennsylvania, both Republican and Democratic, are weaponizing data centers against their opponents, and candidates who absorb those attacks are subsequently trying to distance themselves from them.

  4. Semafor reported Wednesday that prominent Republicans, having "cheered the AI boom," are now "scrambling to find a new identity as middle-ground pragmatists," even as they receive campaign contributions from companies directly involved in or benefiting from data center construction and maintenance. The National Republican Senatorial Committee recognized in an internal memo that data centers have "become a sleeper issue for the entire election cycle."

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    It’s not the kind of message anyone is using in competitive midterm races. The race to build data centers, which power artificial intelligence and cloud computing, has run aground amid frustration from voters who don’t want to live near the massive warehouse campuses. Even the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm warned that anger over data centers - some of which dwarf football stadiums and use more energy than small cities - could cost them a seat.

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  1. 01 Bloomberg

    Rep. McCormick Warns Against Slowing AI Buildout Representative Rich McCormick is on Bloomberg This Weekend with David Gura and Christina Ruffini and says the US should continue expanding data centers to support its leadership in artificial intelligence, arguing they can be built responsibly while benefiting local economies. (Source: Bloomberg)

  2. 02 CNBC

    Ohio is home to several large data center projects, including a proposed 10-gigawatt campus in Pike County that could cost more than $500 billion.

  3. 03 Common Dreams

    No Bending the Knee Here Like every authoritarian before him, Trump is working to co-opt news sources and control what the public sees and hears. Too many corporate outlets are bending the knee—but not Common Dreams. We will never be intimidated, and we will never compromise the core values that define our community: social justice, universal human rights, equality, and peace. Because we are funded by ordinary people like you, our editorial freedom is guaranteed.

  4. 04 Washington Times Business

    “If I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state, and I had a chance to get a big plant in, an AI plant or a data center,” Trump said, “I would absolutely want it because the jobs are enormous and the money paid, the taxes paid, are just enormous.”

  5. 05 RealClearMarkets

    Trump Is Right To Put Neck On the Line for Data Ctrs. Lydia Moynihan, New York Post "The jobs are enormous and the money paid, the taxes paid, are just enormous," the President said.

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Original Articles (7)

Center Rep. McCormick Warns Against Slowing AI Buildout — Bloomberg
Center Data Center Expansion Tests Voter Patience — Bloomberg
Center As GOP warns data centers put Ohio Senate seat at risk, Husted defends energy policy — CNBC
Left 'I've Never Seen This': Massive Collapse in Support for AI Data Centers Captured in New Poll — Common Dreams
Left GOP Accused of Trying to 'Pull Wool Over the Eyes of the Public' With Data Center Shift — Common Dreams
Lean Right Trump keeps embracing data centers even as they become toxic in midterm races — Washington Times Business
Lean Right Trump Is Right To Put Neck On the Line for Data Ctrs. — RealClearMarkets