Where AI and data centers are driving California politics

California’s growing AI and data center industries are increasingly intersecting with debates over energy demand, water use, utility costs and local development. This POLITICO Pro Data Analysis maps where that growth is occurring and examines the political and policy forces taking shape around it.

What you’ll learn

• Where data center development and related job growth are concentrated across California
• How policymakers are responding to energy, water and consumer impacts
• How tech, utility and other industry groups are engaging with lawmakers shaping data center policy

Why this matters

California sits at the center of both AI innovation and the policy questions created by the infrastructure powering it. POLITICO Pro brings together legislative intelligence, political context and data to help professionals see where those pressures are building and what they could mean for the state’s evolving policy agenda.

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