Voters rejected data centers in 40 of 41 local ballot measures
zacharynado · x · 2026-11-05
Data centers were directly on the ballot in many US local elections and got crushed: voters sided against data center projects in 40 of 41 ballot measures, per David Shor. Notably, the results showed essentially no correlation with county partisanship — deep-red Ohio voted about the same as California — suggesting bipartisan resistance that could complicate AI compute expansion siting.
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