Primaries in Michigan and Tennessee on Tuesday feature candidates squaring off over cracking down on data centers and solar energy.
Election day is Tuesday for the Wolverine State, as well as Missouri, Kansas, Virginia and Washington. Tennessee’s primaries are later in the week. Who wins this week could shape how Congress next year takes on oversight of data center construction and environmental and energy policies.
Michigan has been a major battleground for data centers, with numerous proposed facilities and strong opposition by some residents. The major Democratic Senate candidates there have contrasting plans for how to respond and how voters feels about artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, wants to require companies to agree not to hurt the environment or electric grid, not to increase ratepayers’ costs, to use only union labor and to bring other benefits to the community. Rep. Haley Stevens wants a more-focused policy to protect the environment and utility customers.
