Zeldin warns against banning data centers in US, citing China

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Sunday warned against banning data centers, citing implications for the U.S. in the artificial intelligence (AI) race to outpace China.  “There’s been a push from some states where they’re talking about a statewide moratorium and what I’ve found is that most o

From Michigan to Texas, Republicans are taking a tougher approach to data centers amid rising public concern.

Vice President JD Vance joined Sen. Jon Husted and other GOP leaders at a Middletown, Ohio steel plant, as data center fears loom.

Prominent figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement are telling President Trump that "data centers should not become the justification for burning more coal." Why it matters: The appeal, in a joint letter, collides with Trump officials' support for coal to help power AI. It cites coal's public health and envi

Some Americans are pushing back against data centers. Some tech leaders think anti-AI sentiment is the result of a "psyop". Bloomberg/Getty Images Americans don't agree on much. Except for data centers, which they now overwhelmingly oppose. Some tech leaders think that's because Chinese manipulators have duped the cou

Talarico’s largest financial backers have connections to the data-center and AI industries