Michigan Republican Senate candidate former Rep. Mike Rogers holds millions in tech investments that could benefit from the data center boom, giving him a personal financial stake as he backs President Donald Trump’s push to fast-track artificial intelligence infrastructure. The revelation comes as data centers emerge as a major election issue nationwide, including in battleground Michigan.
According to a Lever analysis of Rogers’ most recent financial disclosure, the former U.S. representative holds between $1.7 million and $2.6 million in companies that stand to benefit from tech-friendly policies and a streamlined permitting process for AI-related developments.
Rogers also holds between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, a private real estate investment trust that has been rapidly investing in data centers. The sector now makes up 29 percent of the trust’s portfolio, up from 1 percent in 2020. Blackstone is currently helping develop a massive 1.6 million square-foot data center near Ann Arbor, Michigan, worth $16 billion.
Rogers, a former FBI agent, and his wife, former lobbyist Kristi Clemens Rogers, furthermore own stock and investments in a variety of tech companies that are leveraging AI to build their businesses. These include cybersecurity firms Qualys, Inc., NowSecure, and Constella Intelligence, as well as quantum computing firm D-Wave Quantum, Inc.
