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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Nick Robins-Early

How tech became the villain of the US midterms

Collage of tech leaders surrounded by green dollar bills and surveillance cameras against a blue grid
‘The public distaste for the AI industry extends to its leaders.’ Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty Images

The campaign ad begins with a clear, idyllic stream that suddenly turns sludge-brown as two concrete datacenters slam onto its banks. Another facility thuds down on a peaceful suburban park, and two more crush-green pastures as an ominous soundtrack to a disaster movie blares overtop.

“They’re coming for our rivers. Our neighborhoods. Our farmland,” a deep-voiced narrator says. “Because Brent Taylor wrote the law allowing datacenters to take over Tennessee.”

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