Jason predicts that politicians who currently support data centers will flip to opposing them before elections, then flip back to supporting them after winning re-election.
“I'm predicting it now. They got all the donations from the data center and tech folks. Then election comes up. Hey. AI is not popular. Great. We're anti data center. Now here we go. After the election, they get their office for another two to four years. You know what their position's gonna be? We sat down with the data center people. We made peace.”
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disputableObservable shifts in public statements and policy positions by named politicians (Abbott, Shapiro, Hochul) regarding data center support before and after elections, compared to their current positions.
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