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AI data centers also lost big in the 2026 midterm elections

Fast Company / 04 November 2026 / 13h ago

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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 overwhelmingly chose to ban or pause local data center development across 38 out of 41 ballot measures. (The o

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