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Voters reject local datacenters 70 to 30 and prefer a slow buildout

development2026-08-25

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A national poll found voters rejecting local data centers 70 to 30 and preferring a slow buildout over beating China, with Texas's governor, who once called his state the epicenter of AI development, now saying the industry basically dug its own grave, and analysts projecting thread lines — self-inflicted compute queues.

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Bread lines rationed calories. Thread lines ration intelligence, and the exit is up: an agent-tuned CPU headed to orbit is past any zoning board.

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