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Blowback Against Data Centers Becomes Top 2026 Midterm Election Issue

Blowback Against Data Centers Becomes Top 2026 Midterm Election Issue
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01 THE MACHINE READ

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Data-center opposition becoming an election issue raises permitting and siting risk for AI infrastructure buildout.

Political pushback threatens data-center expansion pace
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Candidates on both sides of the aisle are rushing to keep up with the swelling public opposition to data centers, which has mushroomed into a top midterm campaign issue. Bloomberg Television's Tyler Kendall reports on the pushback, which has implications for the buildout of the backbone of artificia

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