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WIRED: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani calls opposition to data centers bipartisan and cites similarities between the housing bubble and the state of AI

2026-11-03 · part of The Backlash Prices In

What happened

WIRED reported, in an interview published November 3, that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said opposition to data centers is a bipartisan fight, naming Ron DeSantis as sharing a similar opposition — Mamdani described it as a repudiation of an AI politics he summarized as "our risk, their reward". (WIRED) Claims: kat-claim-dfb095743d79
WIRED reported that Mamdani said there are far too many similarities between the housing bubble and the state of AI in the economy today — he answered yes when asked whether he worries about a bubble and whether it will pop. (WIRED) Claims: kat-claim-8002f4936a38

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