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After the Data-Centre Revolt: What a Democratic Congress Can Actually Pass on AI

Voters punished the data-centre boom as a kitchen-table energy issue. Now Democrats, preparing to take both chambers of Congress in January, are trying to convert that anger into two tracks of legislation: near-term rules meant to stop AI server farms from…

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