Abbott branded Texas the 'epicenter of AI development' and handed data centers the biggest tax break in the country. Now, in an election year, he says he's the one protecting us from them.
The No. 4 House Republican's household has disclosed 1,443 trades in three years. One of them — a private stake in xAI bought days before the Pentagon started wiring Grok into military systems — is now sitting on a possible six-figure paper gain.
Husted's campaign has taken $69,750 from the tech and utility companies at the center of Ohio's data center fight — seven years after he defended Google's $43.5 million tax break.
At least nine Alabama communities have pushed back on data centers over water, power, and noise. The Republican nominee for governor says those neighbors are repeating Chinese propaganda.
Asked how he can promise to protect southwest Missouri's water while backing data centers that drink it, Burlison told Jasper County voters that 'what the business is doing doesn't matter.'
Weeks after Marsha Blackburn praised data centers as 'good and important' for Tennessee, her campaign reported more than $100,000 from AI and data-center employees — including a top Oracle executive. Her opponents got none of it.
John James, running for Michigan governor, took nearly $50,000 from DTE and Consumers Energy while both companies asked regulators to jack up rates on Michigan families.