The BasePodcastThe AI Policy Podcast50 min
Unpacking the Data Center Backlash with Jasmine Sun
According to the episode description, Aalok Mehta and writer Jasmine Sun discuss the backlash to AI data centers and its possible effect on November's vote. The description cites polls showing seven in 10 Americans oppose local construction.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
The description frames local opposition to new data centers as a political issue ahead of the November vote.
The record
- Questions
- How is AI changing childhood, health and daily life? · How fast is AI advancing, and where is it heading?
- People
- Aalok Mehta (Speaks, Director, Wadhwani AI Center) · Jasmine Sun (Speaks, Writer)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 12, 2026, via
pod-the-ai-policy-podcast(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- The AI Policy Podcast, “Unpacking the Data Center Backlash with Jasmine Sun”, October 8, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/ai-policy-podcast-2026-10-08-data-center-backlash-jasmine-sun
Our notesThe poll figure is the description's, with no source named there.