AI data centers defeated across US midterm ballots as voters reject development
Most of the 45 local data center measures on midterm ballots failed, signaling growing local opposition to AI infrastructure.
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- FortuneOhio already has 125 local data center moratoriums. Early results from its 21 ballot measures on AI infrastructure have determined there will be more
- The Washington PostVoters reject data centers across the country as the AI backlash grows
- Al JazeeraMusk makes light of defeats after record spend on Republican candidates
- Yahoo News CanadaUS midterm elections: Backlash to AI data centres reaches ballot boxes
- BisnowMidterms Results: What We Know About CRE's Shake-Out
- Time MagazineOhio’s Data-Center Revolt Is Upending the Midterms
- The Times of India$445m down the drain? Elon Musk's Republican gamble fails; 'guess my election-interfering space lasers di
- CNBCTrump is pushing a massive AI buildout. His own voters are wary of what comes with it
- The GuardianHow tech became the villain of the US midterms
- BrookingsThe midterm effect: What the 2026 election could mean for public policy
- NewsweekSusan Collins vs. Troy Jackson on AI Data Centers Amid Maine Voters’ Fears
- Bucks County BeaconData Center Backlash Set to Sway Midterm Elections
- NBC NewsAs Trump pushes for data centers, voters in key midterm races say they don’t want them
- TruthoutMike Johnson Suggests He’ll Quit Congress If Voters Reject GOP in Midterms