AI vs the people
Lepore argues that AI and data centres have become electoral issues as local costs, grid pressure, water use and distrust of automated persuasion provoke cross-party backlash. Data-centre opposition has already shaped races in France, Ireland and several US states, while EU AI safeguards have slipped.
Why it matters
AI infrastructure's constraint is increasingly political permission, not only capital and electricity. For European competitiveness work, Dealroom should pair capacity forecasts with local consent, energy additionality and permitting risk.
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