Senate Republicans pushed the Ratepayer Protection Act to curb data center electricity rates before midterms, but Democrats blocked it, calling it a political ploy.

Trump's Appearance in Ohio Underscores All the Reasons the GOP Is Unpopular Will the president's steadfast support of data centers cost Ohio Republicans a victory? President Donald Trump speaks during a midterm election rally, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, in Vandalia, Ohio. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. On Saturday, President Donald Trump hosted a campaign rally for Ohio senatorial and gubernatorial candidates, John Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy. As part of his campaign to revive GOP turnout and avoid what is widely predicted to be a Democratic sweep, he appeared in Ohio following weekend visits to Texas, Oklahoma, and Alabama.

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Democrats blocked a bill to make AI data centers cover rising electricity costs, a key midterm election issue that could impact Sen. Jon Husted's Ohio race.

Sherrod Brown accepted thousands from Google's PAC and lobbyists focused on permitting reform and energy affordability while running ads blaming Ohio data centers for electric bills.

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The Navy is progressively phasing artificial intelligence (AI) into its ship systems, weapons, networks, and command and control infrastructure as computer automation becomes more reliable and advanced algorithms make once-impossible discernments and analyses. Previously segmented data streams on ships, drones, aircraft, and even submarines are now increasingly able to share organized data in real-time, in large measure due to breakthrough advances in AI and machine learning. AI can, for instance, enable command and control systems to identify moments of operational relevance from among hours or days or surveillance data in milliseconds, something which saves time, maximizes efficiency, and performs time-consuming procedural tasks autonomously at an exponentially faster speed. "Multiple data bytes of information will be passed around on the networks here in the near future. So as we think about big data, and how do we handle all that data and turn it into information without getting overloaded, this will be a key part of AI, then we're talking about handling decentralized systems," Nathan Husted of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock told an audience at the 2022 Sea Air Space Symposium.

Artificial intelligence and robotic process automation are emerging as the most promising technologies for state IT offices, according to new data revealed at a government technology and leadership conference in Indianapolis this week. Doug Robinson, the executive director for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, on Tuesday offered a preview of his organization's 2019 survey data, which shows that 65 percent of state CIOs believe AI and robotic process automation will be the "most impactful" emerging technologies for state government within the next three to five years. Robinson said it is an increase from 57 percent in 2018, with AI and robotics stealing interest away from other technologies such as the "internet of things," connected and autonomous vehicles and blockchain. State technology leaders see growing potential in the ability to automate many of their business processes, Robinson told the audience at the annual conference of the National Association of State Technology Directors. Indiana CIO Dewand Neely, who joined Robinson on stage, said he sees robotic process automation -- software tools that can automatically carry out tedious processes that could once only be done by humans, such as data entry -- as especially pertinent for the Indiana Office of Technology.