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J. D. Vance: “AI data centers are about as popular as herpes.”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

"I've Never Said This In An Interview Before" | JD Vance On Faith, Iran & AI

Published June 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 57:42

Like, just if you look at the polling, I've talked to some friends of mine who work in the AI world about this. I don't know if I've ever seen. I mean, like, AI data centers are about as popular as herpes. It's unbelievable how bad the polling is. And my view on this is that it's not really about the data centers, it's about the energy. (57:42–57:46)

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Asserts that AI data centers are extremely unpopular based on polling.

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