Xavier Becerra

Democrat · CA Governor MIXED RECORD

Outside AI PAC Money: $1.93M

Position on Hyperscale Data Centers

Balances California's status as the global birthplace of AI with progressive concerns over Central Valley grid brownouts and water extraction, pledging during the CNN debate: “If all you're going to do is rob their energy, electricity, and their water, that's not a good deal” (El País).
Released a formal gubernatorial AI plan balancing high-compute innovation with worker protections and power grid safeguards (The Chronicle Page), resisting statewide bans while supporting community limits.
Defends past antitrust and privacy lawsuits against Big Tech as state Attorney General (“And I will keep doing that as governor”), but faced debate attacks over $1.92M+ in tech campaign cash—including $470K in late donations from Anthropic employees (Sacramento Bee) and $1.2M tied to Meta (SF Standard).
Personal financial disclosures reveal no individual data-center or tech stock investments.

"If all you're going to do is rob their energy, electricity, and their water, that's not a good deal."

Date: 2026-09-30

"And I will keep doing that as governor."

Date: 2026-09-30

"California must lead the world in artificial intelligence while safeguarding consumer privacy and our power grid."

Date: 2026-06-01