A Republican insider and longtime Trump ally, Amy Kremer, predicts that President Donald Trump will soften his strong backing of AI data centre expansion once he hears directly from voters while campaigning for the midterms this autumn. Kremer, founder of the group "Humans First" and a Republican National Committee member, argues that Trump is currently "only hearing one side of the story from big tech" and believes he will change course after encountering public concern on the campaign trail. This matters because it signals emerging Republican unease over the rapid rollout of AI infrastructure, even as Trump has publicly urged governors and mayors to welcome such developments nationwide.

At the GOP's first midterm convention in Dallas, Humans First unveiled a new data centre policy plan urging Trump and Republican lawmakers to give local communities greater control over development decisions, including the right to reject projects through zoning, and to ban the use of eminent domain for land seizures. The plan also calls for an end to "blank-check" tax breaks, full transparency on project details such as water and electricity use, and protections ensuring ordinary ratepayers do not subsidise the cost of power infrastructure for data centres, with the companies instead bearing those costs. It further raises concerns over water usage and the loss of farmland to data centre construction, reflecting broader friction within the GOP over balancing AI innovation with local and environmental impacts.