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Americans overwhelmingly voted against data centers in the midterms
On Tuesday evening Americans voted overwhelmingly to restrict the country's data center boom. In local elections across the United States, data centers were the subject of 45 ballot measures in 10 states.
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Americans voted overwhelmingly to restrict new data centers in local elections, with 45 ballot measures spanning 10 states. Early results show 33 measures passed, imposing bans, moratoriums, energy‑use limits or requiring public approval before projects can proceed, and six more are projected to follow that trend. Only one municipality—the City of Harwood, North Dakota—rejected a proposal mandating public hearings for large industrial projects such as 100‑megawatt data centers. Five localities have not yet reported voting data.
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