‘Total repudiation’: The blue wave is about to hit AI

<figure> <img alt="Repeated pattern of voting booths." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/STK423_ELECTIONS2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">On Tuesday night, Democrats made history as they took control of the House and the Senate, and a blue wave swept through traditionally red and swing states - with the nation's first Black woman governor elected in Georgia, the country's first Native American woman governor elected in New Mexico, and a Maine Senator ceding to a Democrat after 30 years in office. In these and other campaigns, one theme <a href="https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/09/29/debate-over-data-center-growth-in-georgia-heats-up-race-for-governor/">kept</a> <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/susan-collins-vs-troy-jackson-on-ai-data-centers-amid-maine-voters-fears-12621762">coming</a> <a href="https://sourcenm.com/2026/09/17/new-mexico-dem-governor-nominee-haaland-announces-data-center-moratorium-executive-order-if-elected/">up</a>: holding AI companies accountable to the American people. Now, the AI industry is left considering the prospect of regulation, data center construction slowdowns, and more.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Publicly, most major AI company CEOs have remained silen …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1026927/total-repudiation-the-blue-wave-is-about-to-hit-ai">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>