Sandego.net – President Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive support for rapid artificial intelligence development puts him in visible tension with some of the industry’s most prominent executives and with much of the public. The political calculation may look unusual so close to the midterm elections, particularly as communities push back against nearby data-center construction and remain wary of how AI could be used. Yet the administration’s urgency may reflect a larger concern: the United States economy has become heavily dependent on continued AI-related investment.

For now, spending on AI systems, computing capacity and data centers is doing more than transforming the technology sector. It is helping support growth, corporate earnings and consumer confidence across the broader economy. A sharp pullback could therefore carry consequences well beyond Silicon Valley.…