AI data centers comprehensively defeated at US midterm elections

In U.S. midterm elections, voters in several counties backed measures restricting data center development, with 33 such measures already passing and six more leading, according to Data Centers on the Ballot. Only one measure, in Harwood, North Dakota, which adds an extra review process for industrial projects including data centers, has failed, while five others have no posted results. The article calls this a major setback for the Trump administration's push for AI development and cites polling showing 70% of Americans oppose AI data center build-outs.