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Governor of Pennsylvania, who signed the executive order creating the GRID framework for data centre development.
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Chamath Palihapitiya says the state-level revolt against AI data centers could cost 200 to 300 basis points of annual US GDP. The permitting risk is now bipartisan.
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Florida's Republican gubernatorial nominee ran on ratepayer costs while taking AI PAC money. The NRSC calls data centers a midterm "sleeper issue." Cost allocation is now a schedule risk.
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Executive Order 2026-05 tells the state environmental regulator to withhold data center permits until developers sign binding cost commitments and win local approval.
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Local opposition stalled at least 75 projects worth about $130bn in three months, according to Bloomberg. That belongs in the capacity plan, not the comms plan.
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A private Republican memo blames data-center backlash for Jon Husted's trouble in Ohio. The warning inside it is about approvals everywhere, which makes it a cost line, not a talking point.
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Both candidates would keep approving hyperscale campuses. The contest is over who gets to say no, which moves siting risk from utility contracts to local politics.
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