From the front row to the hot seat — what the midterms mean for Big Tech

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After spending two years getting cozy with the White House, Big Tech is suddenly trying to make friends with Democrats, and the open question is whether that image makeover can hold up against what states, local communities, and the markets are about to do.

Right before the midterm elections, OpenAI hired Jessica Schumer, daughter of Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer. The company also said it would start calling its data centers "compute campuses."

For the past two years, many of Silicon Valley's biggest names have built closer ties with President Donald Trump and his administration. Several attended White House events, some companies scaled back diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and some executives donated millions to super PACs supporting his campaign and allied candidates.

Now, with the midterms shifting the balance of power in Washington, those same companies are working to rebuild ties with Democrats, who have pledged to tighten oversight of AI. How far that gets them may depend less on image-polishing than on where the real fights are happening: in state capitols, in communities deciding whether to host data centers, and, as we've…

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