The newest bipartisan issue: not wanting an AI data center next door

Boing Boing reports that Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds has received more than five million dollars from a pro-AI super PAC, yet he's simultaneously losing Republican voters who oppose AI data centers in their communities. That dynamic is playing out locally too: Hernando County, Florida has voted to impose a one-year moratorium on new data-center applications, a clear sign that opposition to AI infrastructure is becoming a policy matter.

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