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In Short: At the Republican National Convention in Dallas, several Republican state party chairs expressed mixed views on data center development, with some supporting the trend and others raising concerns.
Scott Golden, chair of the Tennessee Republican Party, noted, 'There are legitimate issues on both sides,' while Chaplain Rich Stoglin of the Frederick Douglass Republicans of Tarrant County emphasized the need for data centers to have a plan and avoid using eminent domain.
Evan Power, chair of the Florida Republican Party, suggested Florida as a model for how states can approach data center development, while Rachal Hisler, an alternate delegate from Anahuac, Texas, called for a 'smart' approach to the issue.
According to recent polling data, a plurality of Republicans believe data centers will be bad for the country, with 39 percent of Republicans surveyed by YouGov and The Economist expressing this view, compared to 31 percent who thought they would be good.
Despite the divide, Republican leaders are largely in agreement with President Donald Trump on the importance of AI data centers, as they push for action on Big Tech ahead of the 2026 midterms.
What's confirmed
- Scott Golden, chair of the Tennessee Republican Party, noted, 'There are legitimate issues on both sides,' while Chaplain Rich Stoglin of the Frederick Douglass Republicans of Tarrant County emphasized the need for data centers to have a plan and avoid using eminent domain.
- Evan Power, chair of the Florida Republican Party, suggested Florida as a model for how states can approach data center development, while Rachal Hisler, an alternate delegate from Anahuac, Texas, called for a 'smart' approach to the issue.
- According to recent polling data, a plurality of Republicans believe data centers will be bad for the country, with 39 percent of Republicans surveyed by YouGov and The Economist expressing this view, compared to 31 percent who thought they would be good.
- Despite the divide, Republican leaders are largely in agreement with President Donald Trump on the importance of AI data centers, as they push for action on Big Tech ahead of the 2026 midterms.
What's still developing
- At the Republican National Convention in Dallas this week, several Republican state party chairs told Newsweek they support developing data centers, but the process must include local control.
- Golden said data centers should be working toward development in places “where they make sense” and in states that want them.
- “These blanket statements of opposition of data centers are stupid, and a lot of the rhetoric that data centers necessarily drain energy grids or dirty up water, not true in every case,” he said.
- She said she believes there shouldn’t be a “one size fits all” approach to data centers, and that there should be some policy at the federal level on the matter, but that state and local governments should also have a play in data center policy.
- “The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor. If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign,” Trump wrote in an August 31, 2026, post on Truth Social.
- Only 28 percent said they would support a data center being built in their community.