These Midterm Races Will Decide Data Centers’ Political Fate

By Molly Taft · Wired · Sunday, 11 October 2026 at 10:00 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

From the Senate to governors’ mansions, candidates are trying to outcompete each other to be the most anti–data center in races across the US.

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