How data centers cost Republicans in Congress and why their construction worries almost every American - in the new issue of the Bell newsletter. technology today.
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In May of this year, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the US House of Representatives from the Democratic Party, brought a jar of cloudy liquid to a congressional hearing - this is exactly the country where, according to her, water flows into the homes of the residents of Morgan County in Georgia. The residents themselves believe that the establishment of a large data center is Meta's fault: since the company arrived in the district, they have to order bottled water for drinking and cooking.
The video of Ocasio-Cortez's speech quickly gained millions of views and caused a wave of support from Americans, which is not surprising: artificial intelligence in the country has become a political issue, and the construction of data centers is its cornerstone. And while Donald Trump has supported the large-scale construction of data centers across the country, signing an executive order last year to expedite the approval of such projects, Americans have increasingly looked to politicians who have promised to curb the rapid pace of development of AI infrastructure.
Why data centers became the subject of popular hatred in the United States and how it affected the midterm elections, in which the Republicans suffered a crushing defeat, read in the new issue of the technology newsletter.
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