Data centers lost the midterms

Voters elected candidates favoring data center moratoriums and passed local ballot measures restricting development, with 76% of NBC News Election Day respondents saying they opposed data centers in their communities. Of 45 local data center ballot measures, 33 results as of Wednesday morning will restrict development, including moratoriums in Wells, Maine and bans in several Ohio cities and El Dorado, Kansas. Candidates supporting moratoriums won races including Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa and Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed, though some races went to candidates favoring more limited restrictions.