AI data centers defeated across the board in US midterm ballot measures
rndsignals · hn · 2026-11-04
Per Tom's Hardware, roughly 45 AI data-center-related measures appeared on ballots in the US midterm elections, and voters overwhelmingly rejected new data center developments. The results signal growing local resistance to AI compute expansion over power, water, and land concerns, which could make siting future data centers significantly harder.
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