Meta president Dina Powell McCormick said Democratic midterm wins will make data center builds harder. She said the industry has not explained the benefits well enough. She tied the backlash to broader anti-AI sentiment. Meta has data centers in 23 states. Five of them are planned at 1 gigawatt or more. She said successful projects pay their own electricity and return tax surpluses to local services. She said future projects will face more review. Meta expects to monetize its compute even if AI agent growth stalls.