{
  "id": 18200123,
  "title": "Data centre dissent: why American voters aren’t buying Trump’s China AI pitch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/data-centre-dissent-why-american-voters-arent-buying-trumps-china-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-04T22:56:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/us-elections/article/3373322/costs-above-competition-why-us-voters-arent-buying-trumps-china-ai-pitch"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Strong voter backlash in the US midterm elections against AI infrastructure projects, including data centres, indicates that framing the domestic buildout as key to competing with China failed to convince Americans and underscores the need to address local concerns, according to analysts. “The argument that we need to build more data centres to win in AI against China no longer seems to have the…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Democrats may go after data centers. That's not a reason to dump all your AI stocks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/democrats-may-go-after-data-centers-thats-not-a-reason-to-dump-all",
        "published": "2026-11-04T19:51:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Will Democrats end Trump's 'flourishing' AI and data centre policies?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/will-democrats-end-trumps-flourishing-ai-and-data-centre-policies",
        "published": "2026-11-04T21:08:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Data center shares fall as investors expect slower AI buildout after Democrats win Congress; Hut 8 drops 23%, IREN 11%, Core Scientific 10%, Applied Digital 7% (Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/data-center-shares-fall-as-investors-expect-slower-ai-buildout-after",
        "published": "2026-11-04T23:30:01.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}