{
  "id": 9944188,
  "title": "Trump Watch: Trump setzt vor US-Zwischenwahlen alles auf KI und Rechenzentren – aber der Widerstand dagegen wächst",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/trump-watch-trump-setzt-vor-us-zwischenwahlen-alles-auf-ki-und",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-26T08:10:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/audio/trump-watch-podcast/trump-watch-trump-setzt-vor-us-zwischenwahlen-alles-auf-ki-und-rechenzentren/100257547.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Trump Watch reveals that Donald Trump is heavily investing in AI and data centers ahead of the US midterm elections, but opposition to this trend is growing. A Gallup poll found that 71% of Americans are against data centers due to their high electricity consumption and rising costs. Local officials are withdrawing construction permits due to pressure. However, Trump remains optimistic about AI as a growth engine and hopes for a policy change that would shift the cost of additional electricity to tech companies. But this is unlikely to change public sentiment before the midterms in November. As Silicon Valley reporter Philipp Alvares de Souza Soares notes, the industry fears the midterms, as they would require a KI-friendly policy. Co-host Christian Lammert, a professor of American politics at the FU Berlin, emphasizes that the issue is not about innovation but who benefits and who bears the costs. Contrary to industry demands, Trump opposes global regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) or \"Superintelligence\" as he prefers to call it.",
  "summary": "Die Stromkosten steigen – und ebenso die Angst vor einem Kontrollverlust des Menschen. Künstliche Intelligenz wird zum zentralen Wahlkampfthema der Zwischenwahlen 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}