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The campaign aims to promote data centers, which are crucial for the AI industry, amid growing public concerns.","category":"Politics","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-08-31T23:05:14.377Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-31T22:14:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-31T23:05:14.377Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":57,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"Central claims attributed to named bodies, but relies on anonymous sourcing for some details.","critic":"Quotes affected parties and names specific figures, dates, and places.","hype":"Headline promises more than the body delivers, with mild sensationalism."}},"tags":["#AI","#DataCenters","#MidtermElections","#PoliticalAdvertising","#VentureCapital"],"entities":["Build American AI","Leading the Future (LTF)","Marc Andreessen","Ben Horowitz","Greg Brockman","OpenAI","Kansas","Ohio","Wisconsin"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Build American AI is launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign in Kansas, Ohio, and Wisconsin.","The group aims to promote data centers, which are seen as crucial infrastructure for the AI industry.","Build American AI is affiliated with Leading the Future (LTF), a super PAC funded by venture capitalists Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and Greg Brockman.","LTF has previously been publicly distanced from by OpenAI, which also condemned some of its tactics."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Build American AI, a group advocating for artificial intelligence, is launching a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign in Kansas, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The campaign intends to promote the construction of data centers, which are considered essential infrastructure for the growth of the AI industry. This effort comes as data centers have become a point of contention in state and local elections."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The group is affiliated with Leading the Future (LTF), a super PAC that has received significant funding from venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, as well as OpenAI President Greg Brockman. LTF has previously been publicly distanced from by OpenAI. The AI company stated in June that it does not direct LTF's activities and has no visibility into their operations. OpenAI also criticised some of LTF's methods, urging groups advocating for AI to be transparent about their policy views and not use deceptive tactics."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on spending figures"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Build American AI stated to Bloomberg that its ad budget is in the millions of dollars. 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