Just down the road, though, cranes reach above towering fences at the site of a $16 billion project - one that has turned this town of 2,400 people into the latest U.S. flashpoint over AI data centers.

Only 26% of Americans view AI positively, and Utah's ouster of Senate leader Stuart Adams over a data center deal suggests the anger is now costing jobs.

The research lands as Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoes a moratorium to save a $550 million data center conversion, and 10 other states weigh similar bans.

Oposição a data centers está entre poucas questões que unem eleitores além de divisões ideológicas