Why the AI boom has become an election problem

Natalie Behring/Getty Images; BI It was easy to predict that data centers might become the unpopular symbol of the AI boom. Still: A stunning percentage of Americans now say they oppose data centers, and politicians are scrambling to catch up to the sentiment. Semafor politics reporter David Weigel says the shift has been visible since last fall, and represents a general disenchantment with tech. Not very long ago, if you asked someone what they thought about data centers, they might have…