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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants to block the construction of any new data centers to protect people from the harms of artificial intelligence. But few Democrats — including some of his picks in key midterm races — have joined his call for a moratorium despite agreeing that regulators aren’t keeping up with the threats artificial intelligence poses to utility bills and resources. The split shows how neither party has a united strategy to take advantage of voters’ distrust of artificial intelligence heading into the 2026 midterms. Democratic candidates in Virginia and New Jersey have already capitalized on that distaste to win key gubernatorial races, highlighting how powerful of an issue AI could be in November. In Michigan’s marquee Democratic Senate primary, Sanders-endorsed progressive Abdul El-Sayed said “any new project must come with enforceable public standards” such as protecting water resources and preventing utility companies from hiking residential rates. In Texas, progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who’s vying in the Democratic primary to unseat GOP Sen. John Cornyn, said in a statement that AI “can bring real economic opportunity to Texas,” but “we must demand transparency, accountability, and responsible growth.” In Illinois, Rep. Robin Kelly, one of several Democrats running for retiring Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat, said she does “not oppose new data centers” but that they should be required to bring clean energy to the grid to keep consumer costs down. And in Minnesota, Sanders-endorsed Senate candidate Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said she’s “not opposed to new technologies or investment in them” but wants stronger regulations and “understand[s] why Senator Sanders is raising the alarm.” All of the candidates stopped short of agreeing with Sanders’ call for a moratorium. Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong, a candidate for governor, is one of the few Democrats also calling for a moratorium, albeit at the state level. Democrats are not the only ones fractured over how to handle AI. President Donald Trump’s push for minimal AI regulations — which includes targeting state laws governing the industry — has drawn resistance from Republican governors like Utah’s Spencer Cox and Florida’s Ron DeSantis. And outspoken GOP lawmakers, including Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Katie Britt (Ala.), and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), have raised concerns about the dangers of AI if left unrestrained. Some of the Democratic Party’s biggest climate hawks, who support regulating the explosion of data centers, also stopped short of calling for a freeze. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who has co-signed multiple Democratic letters to the Trump administration asking it to prevent U.S. households from subsidizing the cost of data centers, told POLITICO he shares the same goals as Sanders but doesn’t believe a blanket ban is realistic. Instead, Blumenthal wants data centers to show how they will bear utility cost increases, rather than consumers, before granting them access to the grid. For Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), one of Sanders’ closest allies, the door isn’t shut on a future moratorium endorsement. “I think it’s something that I’m happy to consider and discuss, but we just haven’t yet,” she said.

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