A fight over AI data centers is turning into a major election issue, and it's bad news for both parties' donors because voters on the right and left hate them equally.

• Fox News is pushing the idea that opposing data centers is a fringe left-wing position, hours after Senate Republicans warned AI companies they have a public image problem.
• Gallup polling shows most Democrats, independents, and Republicans oppose new data center construction — only 9% of Republicans strongly favor them.
• The core complaint is money: local people see their electric bills jump while the companies keep the profits.
• The pro-build argument leans on beating China in AI, plus a push to loosen privacy rules so US firms can hoover up as much data as Chinese ones.
• The fallback plan is to move projects to red states, where weaker regulation makes it easier to build.

Outlook: Expect data centers to become a central campaign attack line in Ohio and beyond, with more states and governors pulling projects out of fast-track permitting.