The advocacy group Build American AI is launching a multi-million dollar advertising campaign in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Kansas to promote the development of new artificial intelligence data centers.

Key Points

• The campaign is funded by prominent tech figures, including venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, and OpenAI president Greg Brockman.
• OpenAI’s super PAC, Leading the Future, is reportedly providing financial backing for the publicity effort.
• The initiative aims to counter growing public opposition to the construction of large-scale data infrastructure in local communities.
• An August survey from the University of Pennsylvania found that 61 percent of American adults now oppose the construction of new data centers in their neighborhoods.

Why it Matters

This campaign highlights a growing friction between the tech industry’s infrastructure requirements and increasing public resistance to data center expansion. The outcome of this messaging battle could influence future regulatory environments and the speed at which companies can scale AI-related physical assets.