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Sinema Pushes AI Center Amid Controversial Federal Threat

10/28/2025

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Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) promotes an AI data center in Chandler, arguing the U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will impose it if local officials do not approve.
At a planning meeting, she stated that federal preemption is imminent.
Critics, including Rep. Ro Khanna and journalist Nathan Newman, condemned her actions as corporate lobbying.
A Chandler city council vote on the proposal is scheduled for November 13.

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Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) promotes an AI data center in Chandler, arguing the U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will impose it if local officials do not approve.
At a planning meeting, she stated that federal preemption is imminent.
Critics, including Rep. Ro Khanna and journalist Nathan Newman, condemned her actions as corporate lobbying.
A Chandler city council vote on the proposal is scheduled for November 13.