Will Midterms Test the AI Investment Cycle?

Midterms will shape AI data-center build-out friction and sentiment, not the survival of the AI investment cycle itself.

• Two channels, different stakes: Morgan Stanley splits AI political risk into data-center opposition (midterms matter) and AI safety/regulation (midterms matter much less).
• Base case is conditional build-out: Substantial AI infrastructure investment continues, but increasingly subject to power costs, grid investment, siting, permitting, water use, and community-impact conditions; no broad federal pause expected.

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