President Donald Trump’s longtime pollster Tony Fabrizio sent Republican candidates a memo Monday laying out how to counter Democrat attacks over artificial intelligence data centers.
\n\nFabrizio warned that openly backing the construction of additional data centers without setting conditions could hurt Republican candidates.
\n\n“Unqualified support for building more AI data centers is a losing position,” Fabrizio wrote in the two-page memo obtained by Axios.
\n\n“That gives an opponent a factual foundation and the intensity to define the issue first. The dangerous attack is not about artificial intelligence but about household cost: enormous power consumption, higher rates for families and small businesses, a strained grid, scarce water, communities absorbing the costs—and large technology companies keeping the benefit.”
\n\nHe advised candidates against saying, “I support building more data centers,” because the remark could be used against them in campaign ads.
\n\nInstead, Fabrizio said Republicans should acknowledge concerns about rising utility costs, pressure on the power grid, and the amount of water used by data centers. Candidates should then say they will only support projects if technology companies generate or pay for the power they need, shield customers from higher rates, and protect nearby communities and natural resources.
\n\n“This converts the candidate from…
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