Politics · October 26, 2026
Darline Graham Gets Help From the Data Center Industry in South Carolina Senate Race
As the data center industry expands alongside the growth of artificial intelligence, it is increasingly becoming a focal point in American politics and local governance. Nationally, a new super PAC aligned with the industry has begun intervening in political races, most notably supporting Republican Darline Graham in South Carolina. Concurrently, former economic advisers Robert Wolf and Stephen Moore have proposed a bipartisan regulatory framework to balance development with community concerns. At the local level, states like Michigan are seeing active resistance and regulatory hurdles, with officials in Inkster halting a proposed project and residents in Saline Township raising environmental concerns regarding wastewater discharge into local rivers.
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- A super PAC aligned with the data center industry is supporting Republican Darline Graham in a South Carolina Senate race.
- Former economic advisers Robert Wolf (Democrat) and Stephen Moore (Republican) released a report proposing a 'bipartisan framework' for data center regulation.
- The Wolf-Moore proposal focuses on five areas: ratepayer protection, energy security, environmental stewardship, transparency, and local land use authority.
- Inkster, Michigan officials declined to act on a permit for a 40,000 square foot data center warehouse conversion.
- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) held a public hearing regarding wastewater discharge from an OpenAI/Oracle data center in Saline Township.
- U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell has requested formal environmental reviews for a proposed computing center site in Michigan.
Left-leaning outlets tend to emphasize…
emphasize the political influence of industry-backed super PACs and highlight specific environmental risks such as wastewater discharge into local rivers.
Right-leaning outlets tend to emphasize…
focus on the tension between federal regulatory frameworks and Donald Trump's pro-development stance, framing the issue as a choice between economic progress and falling behind.
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