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Position on data centers
The committee's documented engagement with AI policy is a single instrument: a memorandum dated August 18, 2026, headed "RE: Ohio Data Center Risk" and addressed to interested parties, published by Axios the following day (NRSC — Ohio Data Center Risk (memorandum, August 18, 2026)).
The memorandum's argument runs in two parts. On the electoral question, it holds that Sherrod Brown has made data centers the centerpiece of his campaign against Jon Husted and that the attack is working — "more than any other thing in this race, data centers are the anchor hanging around Husted's neck" — and that the committee's own polling shows the messaging outperforming conventional attacks because it introduces new information on an emerging subject.
On what follows, it disclaims the committee's ability to respond: "Campaigns or party committees can not fix the toxic brand of an entire segment of the economy." It assigns the work to industry, which it identifies only as "the companies that need these projects built," and specifies the case they must make as three questions — "who benefits, who pays, and why a community should want one."
The substantive policy position it advances is a two-condition standard: data centers built only in communities that approve them by local vote, and paying for their own power, water, and other utilities. It contrasts that with what it characterizes as a Democratic position of halting construction altogether, which it says "will cause America to lose the AI race to China." It attributes five commitments to what it calls President Trump's Ratepayer Protection Pledge, covering new-build power supply, cost recovery, ratepayer protection, grid strengthening, and community benefit (NRSC — Ohio Data Center Risk (memorandum, August 18, 2026)).
The memorandum does not name a company, a trade association, or a recipient.
Related party messaging
The Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio sent a memorandum dated September 14, 2026 to "GOP Candidates & Policymakers" stating that "unqualified support for building more AI data centers is a losing position" and recommending that candidates support AI infrastructure only on enforceable conditions covering developer-paid power, ratepayer protection, and water and environmental safeguards (Fabrizio Lee — Neutralizing Political Attacks on AI Data-Center Development Through Enforceable Conditions (memorandum, September 14, 2026)). WIRED reported the two memoranda in sequence, describing the committee's as sent to AI companies (Source: wired.com). The Fabrizio memorandum does not refer to the committee's document. The two share a cost-recovery condition but differ on local consent: the committee's position requires approval by local vote, while Fabrizio's memorandum advises against treating local approval as sufficient.
Relationships
- related: Jon Husted — the candidate whose race the memorandum concerns.
- related: Data Center Siting / AI Power Politics — the political economy the memorandum addresses.
- related: AI in Elections and Democratic Institutions — the electoral dimension.
- supports: NRSC — Ohio Data Center Risk (memorandum, August 18, 2026) — the committee's own primary text.
- related: Fabrizio Lee — Neutralizing Political Attacks on AI Data-Center Development Through Enforceable Conditions (memorandum, September 14, 2026), Tony Fabrizio — a later Republican memorandum on data-center messaging addressed to candidates, which does not reference the committee's.