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How opposition to data centers, over concerns like power demands, pollution, and water needs, has become a voting issue for many people in the 2026 US midterms (NPR)
NPR: How opposition to data centers, over concerns like power demands, pollution, and water needs, has become a voting issue for many people in the 2026 US midterms — Fifteen minutes after Susan Bourg
NPR: How opposition to data centers, over concerns like power demands, pollution, and water needs, has become a voting issue for many people in the 2026 US midterms — Fifteen minutes after Susan Bourgeois was appointed to lead Louisiana Economic Development, the state agency responsible …
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- Voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection last week, days after the council's approval of a $6B data center (Jeff Tomich/Politico)
- SynMax: ~40% of US data centers due in 2026 are facing delays, with major sites for Microsoft, OpenAI, and others likely set back by more than three months (Financial Times)
- Analysis: US state lawmakers introduced 12 data center moratorium bills in 2026, 11 stalled or voted out, with a Maine bill set for a final vote on April 15 (Ellen Thomas/Business Insider)
Source: Techmeme | 2026-04-21