Poll: Nearly Half of Republican Voters Oppose Data Center Construction

A New York Times poll released in mid-September found that more than 60 percent of Americans oppose data center construction in their area, including 47 percent of Republicans.

Citing the poll, a WIRED column notes that Trump has kept publicly championing data centers and AI, writing that communities refusing them want to be "backwards and poor"; internal memos from the National Republican Senatorial Committee and strategist Tony Fabrizio have both warned that unqualified support for data centers is a losing electoral position.

The same poll also shows AI and data centers rank far down voters' priorities, with about 20 percent unsure which party would handle the issue better, limiting near-term impact. The poll figures are cited via WIRED; the original report was not directly verified.