Politics

The Results Are In: Voters Hate Data Centers

From high-profile Senate races to local rezoning initiatives, data centers and their supporters did miserably on the ballot in the 2026 midterms.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated November 4, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC

data-center spending won’t drop a lot, but watch for delays, relocations and increased expenses for individual projects.

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