AI Anxiety Goes Ballot Box: Data Centers, Meta Settlement Fuel Midterm Backlash

‼️ 🧠 More than half of Americans say they’re more concerned than excited about AI’s expanding role in daily life, according to a recent Pew Research Center report—a sentiment helping turn data center construction into a flashpoint ahead of the midterm elections in multiple states. The tech backlash gained further momentum this week as Meta agreed to a landmark settlement in a case brought by dozens of state attorneys general, underscoring growing regulatory and political scrutiny of the industry’s rapid AI-driven expansion.

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