“I don't know if we've seen another issue bridge the partisan divide quite as much as opposition to data centers. 300 construction moratoriums currently in place. A slate of states are going to have individual localized statutes on the ballot when we get closer.”
Tyler Kendall, October 2026
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Asked how tech and Washington relate after the midterms, Kendall says Congress has seen bipartisan bills aimed at data centers, the backbone of AI, rather than at the technology itself.
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Around 09:45 into the episode
Scarlet Fu
That's embedded now in the conversation.
Henrietta Treyz
That is on both sides of the aisle.
Tyler Kendall
I don't know if we've seen another issue bridge the partisan divide quite as much as opposition to data centers. 300 construction moratoriums currently in place. A slate of states are going to have individual localized statutes on the ballot when we get closer.
Speaker 2
But we saw already....
Tyler Kendall
A flurry of bills to impose new taxes to prevent them from having tax breaks to curb data center development.
Tom Keen
Should we cancel Henrietta Treyz and just keep this conversation going?
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