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Data centers took a beating in the midterm elections
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Opposition to data centers was part of midterm races across the U.S., with campaigns featuring them in hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of TV ads and many winners pledging to clamp down on the energy-hungry behemoths
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Bloomington Township voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on a non-binding referendum regarding the continuation of the municipality's moratorium on large-scale data centers during the upcoming November elections.
Dozens of municipalities across at least seven states are voting on data center bans or moratoriums on Tuesday, after public backlash to the facilities grew rapidly over the past year.
While roughly 300-plus state and local moratoriums are threatening the US buildout, governments’ ambitions to harness the AI boom elsewhere are also facing hurdles.
A Democratic-controlled Congress could mean more regulation and more scrutiny for AI companies, while experts are also watching to see if AI plays a role in election misinformation.
Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved all 11 charter amendments restricting hyperscale data centers, defeating over $400,000 in opposition spending from tech companies and business groups.
Strong wins for Democratic candidates threaten the prospects for energy-guzzling data centers in key US states, potentially slowing the AI rollout that has carried Wall Street forward over the past four years.
Residents in more than 30 localities across nine states voted for moratoriums, outright bans, and other measures, some in direct response to specific projects underway.
Election Day 2026 revealed just how much of the country loathes Silicon Valley’s data center projects. Communities across the nation voted on 41 data center-related ballot initiatives on Tuesday. The measures were introduced in California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, New Jersey, North …
President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot this midterm election season, but on some tickets, an industry he wholeheartedly supports was: Ballot measures in more than 30 districts across the country asked voters to weigh in on AI data center development. And data centers lost big.
Voters across the country overwhelmingly passed ballot measures to restrict data center development, a sign of the strength of the backlash against the industry. As of Tuesday morning, all 41 ballot measures across 10 states to restrict data center development were on track to pass, except for one m…
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