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‘Cost Me the Election’: Data Centers Trigger Voter Backlash

posted by hubie on Sunday June 28, @12:19PM   

owl writes:

https://www.newsweek.com/cost-me-the-election-data-centers-trigger-voter-backlash-12118327

A wave of voter anger over massive data center projects is beginning to reshape U.S. politics, with local officials and senior lawmakers losing elections after backing controversial developments tied to the artificial intelligence boom.

In Utah on Wednesday, State Senate President J. Stuart Adams—one of the most powerful Republicans in the state—lost his primary election after supporting a major data center development near the Great Salt Lake, in one of the clearest signs yet of the growing political risks tied to the industry.

At the local level, the fallout was just as direct. "Do I think that the data center vote cost me the election? Yes I do," former Box Elder County Commissioner Lee Perry said after conceding his primary race, after voting to advance the same project.

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• Re:Hey hey he's a flunkie!Re:Hey hey he's a flunkie! (Score: 2) by aafcac on Wednesday July 01, @03:21AM (1 child)

  by aafcac (17646) on Wednesday July 01, @03:21AM (#1446828)

  They're not a unconstitutional, SCOTUS ruled them to be, which is kind of funny as the court gave itself the right to declare things to be unconstitutional, not the constitution itself.

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• Re:Hey hey he's a flunkie!(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday July 01, @05:17AM

  by khallow (3766) on Wednesday July 01, @05:17AM (#1446831) Journal

  They're not a unconstitutional, SCOTUS ruled them to be,

  Already explained why.

  as the court gave itself the right to declare things to be unconstitutional, not the constitution itself.

  Who should be doing it instead? Trump perhaps? It's one of those implied powers you hear about.

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