Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety
A group of political candidates across the US has signed an 'AI Pact' pledging to support regulations on data centers and AI safety. The initiative aims to address voter concerns regarding the environmental impact of data centers and the corporate influence of Big Tech.
Why it matters
The pact reflects a growing political movement to treat AI infrastructure and development as a central campaign issue, signaling potential future legislative hurdles for tech companies.
“Then I said, ‘Hey, what’s your take on AI and data centers?’” Osborn says. “Boy, right away, we were in lockstep, 100 percent agreement.”
Osborn is one of more than 15 politicians running for office in states across the country who have signed on to the AI Pact, a set of five promises around regulating both data centers and AI itself. As concerns about data centers have exploded in the midterm cycle, politicians are scrambling to respond to voters’ worries about their environmental impacts, the secrecy surrounding their construction, and the corporate power behind them. The new pledge is intended, according to its website, to provide “a needed baseline to ensure a humanity-first future.”
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