AI stocks are plummeting today. Voter polls indicate resistance to building data centers because of local impacts on water, electricity, and air. But it is a big planet, and so the data centers will likely find places to be built. For example, there is a data center planned in Northern Alaska.

I think an AI slowdown makes sense. We need to take the time to get this powerful technology right. AI should be regulated, just as nuclear power plants and airplanes are regulated. The models need guardrails. AI is already very powerful and changing the economy.

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Big Tech claims voters’ AI backlash is “anti-Trump” not “anti-tech”
Tech industry in denial as US overwhelmingly votes to restrict AI, data centers.
Ashley Belanger – Nov 4, 2026
"Donald Trump’s big, rapid American AI buildout now faces a major slowdown as voters in yesterday’s elections overwhelmingly supported candidates and measures that favored increasing restrictions on AI and data centers nationwide. One resource from a polling firm, called Redbud Consulting, tracked data center initiatives on the ballot and reported that out of 44 measures across 10 states seeking to restrict data centers, 38 passed so far... Most notably, Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa won the Texas governor race... Hinojosa plans to delay projects as long as it takes to pass laws “tackling impacts on water, electricity, air, and property rights.”... NBC’s polls showing that 3 in 4 voters are opposed to data centers. Additionally, more than half of voters said that “AI and data centers were a crucial or major factor in their vote for Congress.” ... Other analysts told Axios that voters appeared to be “more concerned about efforts to block state AI regulation than they are about data center controversies,” ... US data center opposition could push giants like Amazon or Google to build hyperscalers outside the US... polling from Blue Rose Research showed that “Americans would rather live near a prison, methadone clinic, or a nuclear power plant than an AI data center.”"
arstechnica.com - Big tech claims voters AI backlash is anti trump not anti tech

Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom
The tsunami of imitators is way bigger than any one model maker can stem.
Kyle Orland – Nov 2, 2026
arstechnica.com - Claudes new rules against game cloning wont stop the AI copying boom

Data centers in the United States
Campuses:
Planned 702
Under construction 274
Operating 555
cleanview.co - Data centers

CrowdStrike launches AI kill switch that it says can stop internal agents that go rogue
Published Tue, Nov 3 2026
cnbc.com - Crowdstrike AI kill switch rogue agents