Artificial intelligence data centers emerged as a major political flashpoint, suffering a wave of defeats across local ballot measures and high-profile candidate races in the recent U.S. midterm elections.
Data center regulation itself was not on most midterm ballots, but hardline stances against the server warehouses were woven into the platforms of many Democratic candidates who pledged to clamp down on them.
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