EXCLUSIVE: Byron Donalds Threads The Needle On Data Centers, Backs Tough Action On Flock

September 04, 2026 10:06 AM ET Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, the GOP’s nominee for Florida governor, detailed his positions on data centers and backed tougher action on Flock surveillance cameras during an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller’s editor-in-chief, Amber Duke. The potential heir to outgoing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, Donalds sailed through his Republican primary earlier in August and will take on Democrat David Jolly in the November election. In an exclusive interview released Friday, Duke pointed to Jolly’s call for a statewide, one-year moratorium on data center construction and asked how Donalds would approach the issue instead. (RELATED: DeSantis Moves To De-Flock State Highways)“If a local community doesn’t want a data center, then local governments don’t have to