US voters lashed out at data centres. What does that mean for Australia’s AI ambitions?

By Johanna Lim, Research Associate, Strategic Technologies, University of Sydney
Olivia Shen, Director, Strategic Technologies, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney

This week’s mid-term elections in the United States saw huge swings to the Democrats, away from President Donald Trump’s Republican party.

One surprisingly important factor was a rising backlash to the ongoing boom in data centre development triggered by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years.

Americans across ten states overwhelmingly voted in favour of candidates campaigning for local restrictions on data centres.

According to exit polls, some…

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