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Trump Backs Local Approval for Data Centers — and Payment Update, Oct. 25: The politics behind Trump’s Perry answer keep moving in his direction — and against the industry. A Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll conducted Oct. 5–7 among 2,527 registered voters (margin of error ±1.95%) found 36% want states to limit or pause new data centres, 35% would allow them only with restrictions on electricity, water, land or infrastructure, and just 18% favour tax incentives to attract them. Separately, Stateline counts 39 data-centre-related ballot measures across eight states on November ballots, including proposals to ban facilities, change zoning rules or require voter approval. Trump named no approval process or payment figure in Perry; the ballot box may supply both before Washington does. By Daniel Rao | Washington, D.C. | October 25, 2026 Donald Trump went to Georgia to campaign, and came back with the clearest concession yet that the artificial intelligence boom has a neighbourhood pr...

Update, Oct. 19: Since publication, Flock itself has moved: CEO Garrett Langley announced this week that the company's Audit Assistance tool — the same anomaly-flagging tool whose alerts surfaced Harpe's 983 searches — will become mandatory for customers by the end of the year; only about a third have adopted it so far. The company also said it fixed a December 2025 incident in which some AI-powered pan-tilt-zoom cameras were publicly accessible, which Langley blamed on a vendor's network-configuration error. Civil-rights advocates are unimpressed: Tom Bowman, policy counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology, called it "the same 'Just Trust Us' policy with a fresh coat of paint." Separately, The Washington Post reported last week that at least 50 officers nationwide have been accused, charged or convicted of using Flock or other license-plate readers to spy on people — Savannah is one data point in a national pattern. By Maya Torres | October...