John Locher/AP Photo/John LocherIn recent months, the public has swung 49 percentage points against data centers, according to Heatmap polling from Embold Research. Skepticism of data centers is bipartisan, and doesn’t fall neatly along lines of age or geography. But ultimately, that will require regional grid operators to reform their rules governing how data centers connect to the grid. Even state leaders who back Trump have started to balk at the speed with which data centers are being developed. To counter souring public sentiments, Trump has begun waging a public relations campaign on the behalf of data centers.