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Build American AI launches multimillion-dollar data-center campaign in Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin

August 31, 2026 at 18:15 EDT

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Build American AI is launching a multimillion-dollar campaign to persuade voters and policymakers to support data-center construction, beginning in Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin. The 501(c)(4) advocacy group is pairing paid ads with grassroots engagement, research, earned media and public education as local resistance becomes an election issue. The campaign announcement

AUGUST 31, 2026 · BUILD AMERICAN AI

Data centers become a campaign issue

Build American AI is putting multimillion-dollar persuasion behind data-center construction, beginning in Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Local opposition is rising

Share of U.S. adults opposing a new data center in their area

SPRING

49%

Spring survey

JUNE-JULY

61%

Latest survey

Takeaway: Opposition rose 12 points in four months.

The campaign in numbers

initial campaign states

About $50M

cash on hand

12 pts

rise in local opposition

The persuasion gap

Case for buildout

Jobs and local tax revenue
Companies can cover infrastructure costs
Community choice remains central

Case against unchecked growth

Electricity and grid pressure
Water and land-use concerns
Fewer permanent jobs than some competing projects

The campaign's policy test

The pro-AI case now has to connect national competitiveness with visible local protections.

Pay full infrastructure cost

Protect water and ratepayers

Secure genuine local consent

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