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NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee)
Authored a leaked strategy memo warning that data center backlash endangers Sen. Jon Husted's Ohio Senate seat and could spread to other races nationally.
Incumbent facing a competitive race against Sherrod Brown; introduced a Senate proposal requiring data centers to fund their own power generation and transmission rather than pass costs to ratepayers.
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Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX)
Reversed his earlier full-throated embrace of the AI buildout, imposing new state standards and community-approval requirements data center developers must meet before operating.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA)
Signed Executive Order 2026-05 imposing GRID Requirements on data centers and banning NDAs on project details, calling it the strictest guardrails in the nation.
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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10)
Represents a district with roughly 300 data centers; pushing federal accountability measures while opposing ceding the AI race to China.
Running a community outreach campaign around its Project Jupiter data center campus, including hundreds of millions in local donations for water, schools, and infrastructure.