The freakout over data centers is just another fracking backlash we need to ignore

The future of America as a high-tech superpower is at a tipping point.

The latest Fox poll shows 70% of Americans now oppose building new data centers in their communities, even though they are crucial to our future as a high-tech economy. Another report shows that 40% of new data centers have been delayed or canceled in 2026 — news that’s deeply welcome to our opponents in the artificial intelligence (AI) and tech race, the Communist Chinese Party.

Data centers have become an electoral issue for the midterms...