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'Sleeper issue’: Leaked GOP memo warns of data center backlash in Senate races

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — U.S. Senate candidates Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley are weighing in on North Carolina’s growing data center debate as a leaked Republican memo warns the issue could become a liability at the ballot box.

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  1. Axios

    Exclusive: GOP warns AI companies that data centers are politically radioactive (opens Axios)

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    The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio. In the memo, obtained by Axios, the National Republican Senatorial Committee says Democrats have made data centers a "cente…

  2. CBS 17 Raleigh

    'Sleeper issue’: Leaked GOP memo warns of data center backlash in Senate races (opens CBS 17 Raleigh)

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    RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — U.S. Senate candidates Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley are weighing in on North Carolina’s growing data center debate as a leaked Republican memo warns the issue could become a liability at the ballot box.

  3. PJ Media

    Data Center Resistance Risks Ohio Senate Race, Warns Internal GOP Memo (opens PJ Media)

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