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AI Data Centers and the Concentration of Wealth
<p><em>This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/09/ai-datacenter-company-politics">The Guardian</a>.</em></p> <p>Opposition to AI data centers has emerged as a primary theme in US politics, one that—surprisingly—doesn’t <a href="https://grist.org/politics/data-center-ai-bipartisan-backlas
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