SuperPACs are funneling millions of dollars into pro-AI candidates, with Trump saying communities that reject data centers will end up ‘backwards and poor’
THE SO WHAT
AI and data center buildout is now an explicit political wedge, with SuperPAC money backing pro-AI candidates and rhetoric framing opposition as economic self-sabotage. If your roadmap depends on new compute or power, you’re in a political project — start treating local permitting and community relations as core execution risks.
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