Bipartisan data‑center backlash

As AI systems (here exemplified by agentic/code‑writing models) appear to approach generality, politicians from across the spectrum are converging on tactics—moratoria, local vetoes, wealth taxes and permitting pressure—to slow or relocate the physical infrastructure (data centers) that powers AI. That reaction reflects not only job and energy worries but a broader civilizational disagreement about growth versus precaution. — If sustained, this cross‑ideological backlash could shift AI geography, raise costs, slow deployment, and substitute permitting and tax levers for substantive AI regulation.