Data center backlash is uniting America

The rapid buildout of data centers and its infrastructure costs have sparked local opposition and become a major issue in congressional and gubernatorial campaigns across the US, while tech-backed super PACs pour money into races. Candidates in states including Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgia, Arizona and Iowa are distancing themselves from data centers, with stances ranging from support for local control to calls for moratoriums.