Fetterman rejects data center and AI ‘doomsdaying’ after Shapiro executive order

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Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), one of the more centrist Democrats on Capitol Hill, took to social media on Saturday to underscore his stance on data centers after Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) signed an executive order restricting their development in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

“AI supremacy and energy dominance underpins our national security,” Fetterman said on X in reaction to an article about the artificial intelligence race between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. “China continues to fuel and benefit from our overreaction. I reject the political pandering and hyperbole over data centers or AI doomsdaying.”

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