A leaked Republican campaign memo is warning that opposition to artificial intelligence data centers could cost the GOP a crucial Senate seat in Ohio. The National Republican Senatorial Committee reportedly believes the issue has become a serious liability for Republican Senator Jon Husted as he faces former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown. The committee warned that a defeat in Ohio could also turn politicians across the country against future data center projects.
Husted and Brown are competing in the November 3rd special election for the Senate seat Husted currently holds. Brown has made data center development a major part of his campaign, portraying Husted as an ally of an industry increasingly associated with rising electricity costs and other strains on local communities. Husted previously helped recruit data center projects to Ohio but now argues that the companies should bear the costs created by their enormous power demands.
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