This is not your standard partisan issue. What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 202

This is not your standard partisan issue. What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026 - https://www.wired.com/story/how-data-centers-broke-american-politics/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-data-centers-broke-american-... Data center approvals in Texas halted until audits completed, Gov. Greg Abbott says - https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/03/texas-data-center-project-audit-greg-abbott/ https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/03/texas-data-center-pr... DeSantis lambastes White House over possibility of blocking state-level AI laws - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/4605403/ron-desantis-white-house-state-ai-laws/ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/4605403... New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium - https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-becomes-first-state-impose-data-center-moratorium-2026-07-14/ https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-becomes-first-state-i... Libertarian Ohio governor candidate calls for ‘immediate moratorium’ on new data centers -https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/08/ohio-governor-candidate-calls-for-immediate-moratorium-on-new-data-centers.html https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/08/ohio-governor-candida... Oregonians want data center moratorium and no more tax breaks, poll finds - https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/08/oregonians-want-data-center-moratorium-and-no-more-tax-breaks-poll-finds.html https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/08/oregonians... Virginia state senators call for data center moratorium - https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/virginia-state-senators-call-for-data-center-moratorium/4137267/ https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/v... Tucker Carlson, Kevin O’Leary have testy exchange over Utah data center issues - https://www.businessinsider.com/tucker-carlson-kevin-oleary-clash-over-funding-ai-data-centers-2026-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/tucker-carlson-kevin-oleary-...