US voters reject AI data centres: could the backlash spread to France?

Home Shows Tech 24 Video content Program Business To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Tech 24 © France 24 05:38 Issued on: 08/11/2026 - 15:36 From the show In Tuesday’s US midterm elections, voters weighed in on more than 40 local measures on data centres, and sided against them in all but one. With Democrats taking control of Congress in January and new governors in Texas and Georgia calling for moratoriums, the AI building boom faces its toughest political test yet. So why hasn’t the same backlash taken hold in France? FRANCE 24 Technology Editor Peter O’Brien looks at the role of cheap nuclear power, a law that fast-tracks big data centres, and where the 2027 presidential candidates stand. By: