"Economic development embodied by the rise of data centers is leading humanity towards an unequal fracture"

The midterm elections in the U.S. on November 3 were a setback for Donald Trump and the Republicans, as well as for Silicon Valley's data center economy. Approximately 5,000 data centers exist in the U.S., with 8,000 globally, but they face growing opposition. Many Americans live near these centers, which consume significant resources and create few jobs. In local referendums, voters largely chose to freeze or ban new data center developments. Billionaires like Elon Musk invested heavily to counter this backlash, but candidates against data centers won elections, indicating a shift in public sentiment regarding the AI economy.