福克斯新闻民调显示70%选民希望在本社区叫停新建数据中心工程
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作者：保罗·施坦豪泽
越来越多参加今年中期选举的共和党人在选民反弹后，开始叫停新建人工智能数据中心的计划。
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多项民调显示多数美国人反对在本社区建造为人工智能提供算力的新数据中心，越来越多参选今年选举的共和党人正与唐纳德·特朗普总统划清界限。
作为数据中心建设的坚定支持者，特朗普周一在社交媒体上辩称，如果社区“想要成功致富、大幅降低税收并遍地创造就业机会，那就让数据中心大显身手吧。”
但共和党战略人士警告称，数据中心已成为政治上的烫手山芋，一些参加中期选举的共和党人正在改变立场，这对于此前全面拥抱蓬勃发展的人工智能产业的共和党来说是一个显著转变。
在最近的福克斯新闻民调中，70%的受访选民希望叫停本地区为支持人工智能而建设的数据中心，仅有30%的人表示支持。仅有40%的共和党人和46%的“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）共和党人支持新建数据中心工程。
关键参议院竞选因人工智能的巨大能源需求爆发争议
反对声背后是民众对电价上涨以及能源和水资源消耗的担忧。
“我认为我们或许需要暂停一下，确保我们能解答民众对数据中心的所有疑问，”密歇根州战场选区的共和党参议院候选人、前众议员迈克·罗杰斯两周前在被问及数据中心建设时说道。
此前曾欢迎密歇根州数据中心扩建的罗杰斯，后来提出了一项为期一年的暂停令，辩称“密歇根州需要更严格的护栏，以保护社区控制权、防止公用事业价格上涨、保护我们的水资源，并打击付费游说计划。”
民主党人费特曼在人工智能辩论中与特朗普立场一致
2026年8月20日，密歇根州共和党参议院候选人、前众议员迈克·罗杰斯在密歇根州底特律宣布支持暂停一年新建数据中心建设。（保罗·施坦豪泽/福克斯新闻）
他绝非个例。
在俄亥俄州关键的参议院席位角逐中，现任任命共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特德对阵民主党挑战者、前资深参议员谢罗德·布朗，全国共和党参议员委员会（NRSC）警告称，这一问题可能帮助民主党人拿下该席位。布朗及其盟友团体已斥资数百万美元投放广告，将赫斯特德称为“俄亥俄州数据中心的代言人”。
“在本次竞选里，数据中心是压在赫斯特德脖子上的最重负担，”全国共和党参议员委员会的备忘录强调道。
赫斯特德已提出一项参议院法案，阻止普通美国民众为数据中心的能源成本买单。
伯尼·桑德斯：“我们必须在为时已晚之前暂停人工智能发展”
2025年6月30日，在西弗吉尼亚州戴维斯附近一座燃气发电厂的空气质量许可申请公开会议后，志愿者在卡南谷分发反对数据中心综合体的庭院标语牌。（尤利塞斯·贝利耶/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
政治反弹远不止密歇根和俄亥俄州。
得克萨斯州总检察长、联邦参议院候选人肯·帕克斯顿上月公布了一项四点计划，以遏制数据中心的快速扩张，并解决公众对资源紧张的担忧。
谋求第四个任期的得克萨斯州州长、共和党人格雷格·阿博特已暂停新数据中心接入该州电网，等待全面的监管审计。
俄亥俄州共和党州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米承诺，在其提出的保障措施生效前，将在就职首日发布行政命令，暂停所有新建数据中心项目的审批。
摇摆州威斯康星州的共和党州长候选人、众议员汤姆·蒂凡尼强调，除非满足严格条件，否则他反对新建数据中心。蒂凡尼将数据中心作为其州长竞选的核心议题，抨击民主党对手、密尔沃基县行政长官戴维·克劳利为“数据中心戴维·克劳利”。
宾夕法尼亚州财务长、共和党州长候选人斯泰西·加里蒂呼吁在该战场州暂时暂停新建和未签约的大型数据中心开发项目。
其他共和党人则避免提出全面禁令或暂停令。反对禁令或暂停令的共和党州长候选人、众议员拜伦·唐纳兹今年夏天提出了一项法案，要求大型人工智能数据中心自行发电和取水，而非依赖公共公用事业。他的初选活动获得了人工智能产业的大量支持。
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特朗普立场坚定。
这位总统最近称阿博特叫停数据中心发展的决定是一个“错误”。
特朗普周一还表示：“如果我们扼杀了这只金鹅，那你们只能怪自己。”
这位将数据中心作为在与中国的人工智能竞赛中获胜的关键因素的总统辩称：“中国对这场反数据中心运动再高兴不过了。”
但至少目前，特朗普似乎给共和党人留出了回旋余地。
“如果共和党人反对数据中心，我没问题，”特朗普说道。
资深共和党战略家马特·高曼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“特朗普精明地从长远角度看待此事。”
高曼表示：“今年参选的共和党人正在对民众切实存在的担忧做出回应，”他补充道，“这些企业及其支持者必须拿出更多证据来证明自己的合理性。”
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2026年5月31日，弗吉尼亚州奥尔迪的亚马逊云计算服务数据中心。（莱克西·里奇特/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
人工智能行业正在回应这场政治反弹。
由顶级人工智能领袖支持的行业组织“建设美国人工智能”本周启动了一项耗资数百万美元的公众宣传活动，以争取对“制定清晰、有力且合理的政策，规范数据中心和能源基础设施发展”的支持。
该组织强调，“相关政策应保护住宅用电客户、保护环境和水资源，要求开发商承担其应尽的责任，并保留每个社区自行决定是否欢迎数据中心投资的权利。”
“我们可以在保护用电客户、保护自然资源、尊重社区自行决定是否欢迎此类投资的权利的同时，仍建设美国在人工智能领域引领世界所需的基础设施，”“建设美国人工智能”补充道。
保罗·施坦豪泽为福克斯新闻横跨全美报道全国竞选活动
MAGA begins to crack as 2026 GOP roster backs away from Trump’s tech vision
Fox News poll finds 70% of voters want to hit the brakes on new data center construction in their communities
September 3, 2026 5:00am EDT / Fox News
By Paul Steinhauser
A growing number of Republicans running in this year’s midterm elections are taping the brakes on new AI data center construction following voter backlash.
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With a slew of polls showing that most Americans oppose the construction in their communities of new data centers to power AI, a growing number of Republicans running in this year’s elections are putting daylight between themselves and President Donald Trump.
Trump, a strong proponent of data center development, took to social media Monday to argue that if communities “want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign.”
But with GOP strategists warning that data centers have become politically radioactive, some Republicans on the midterm ballot are reversing course, which is a stark shift for a party that previously had fully embraced the burgeoning AI industry.
Seventy percent of voters questioned in a recent Fox News poll said they wanted to hit the brakes on building data centers in their area to support artificial intelligence, with only 30% in favor. Only 40% of Republicans, and 46% of MAGA Republicans supported new data center construction.
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Fueling the opposition are concerns over rising electricity costs and energy and water consumption.
“I think we need to take a pause, probably, and make sure that we’re answering all the questions that people have on them,” former Rep. Mike Rogers, the GOP Senate nominee in battleground Michigan, said two weeks ago when asked about data center construction.
Rogers, who previously welcomed data center expansion in Michigan, later outlined a one-year moratorium, arguing that “Michigan needs stronger guardrails to protect community control, prevent utility price hikes, protect our water, and stop pay-to-play schemes.”
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Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, announces support for a one-year moratorium on new data center construction, on August 20, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
He’s far from alone.
In Ohio’s crucial Senate race between appointed GOP Sen. Jon Husted and his Democratic challenger, former longtime Sen. Sherrod Brown, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) warned that the issue could help the Democrats flip the seat. Brown and allied groups have shelled out millions of dollars to run ads calling Husted “the face of data centers in Ohio.”
“More than any other thing in this race, data centers are the anchor hanging around Husted’s neck,”the NRSC memo emphasized.
Husted has introduced a Senate bill to stop average Americans from paying for data center energy costs.
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Volunteers hand out yard signs against a data center complex in Canaan Valley on June 30, 2025, after a public meeting organized by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection regarding an air quality permit application for a gas-fired power plant near Davis, W. Va.(ULYSSE BELLIER/AFP via Getty Images)
The political pushback stretches well beyond Michigan and Ohio.
Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton last month unveiled a four-point plan to curb rapid data center growth and address public concerns over resource strain.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican running for a fourth term steering the Lone Star State, halted new data center connections to the state’s power grid pending a comprehensive regulatory audit.
Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy pledged to issue a first-day-in-office executive order halting approval of all new data center projects until his proposed safeguards are enacted.
Rep. Tom Tiffany, the GOP nominee for governor in swing state Wisconsin, has highlighted that he opposes new data centers unless strict conditions are met. Tiffany has made data centers a centerpiece of his gubernatorial campaign, slamming his Democratic rival, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, as “Data Center David Crowley.”
Pennsylvania Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial nominee Stacy Garrity has called for a temporary pause on new and uncontracted major data center developments in her battleground state.
Other Republicans are stopping short of moratoriums. Rep. Byron Donalds, the GOP gubernatorial nominee who opposes bans or moratoriums and whose primary campaign received significant backing from the AI industry, introduced legislation this summer that would require large AI data centers to generate their own power and water rather than draw from public utilities.
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Trump is standing firm.
The president recently called Abbott’s decision to pump the brakes on data center development a “mistake.”
And Trump, on Monday said, “If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame.”
The president, who has made data centers a key ingredient in winning the AI race with China, argued: “China could not be happier with this anti Data Center movement.”
But Trump, at least for now, seems to be giving Republicans some wiggle room.
“If a Republican’s against a data center, that’s OK with me,” Trump said.
Veteran Republican strategist Matt Gorman told Fox News Digital that “Trump is smartly taking the long view of this.”
Gorman said “Republicans on the ballot this year are being responsive to the very real concerns people have,” adding that “these companies and their champions have to do more to make the case.”
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An Amazon Web Services data center in Aldie, Virginia, on May 31, 2026.(Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The AI industry is responding to the political backlash.
Build American AI, an industry-aligned group powered by top AI leaders, this week launched a multimillion-dollar public engagement campaign to build support for “clear, strong, and commonsense policies governing the development of the data centers and energy infrastructure.”
It highlighted that the “policies should protect residential ratepayers, safeguard the environment and water resources, require developers to pay their fair share, and preserve the right of every community to decide whether it wants to welcome data center investment.”
“We can protect ratepayers, safeguard our natural resources, respect the right of communities to decide whether they want to welcome this investment, and still build the infrastructure America needs to lead the world in artificial intelligence,” Build American AI added.
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
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