The only data center ballot measure that passed occurred where voters rejected a charter rule requiring additional municipal review

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Data centers are important for US success

Data centers are good for local communities

Data centers don't cause energy prices to go up

Data center bans are bad for US competitiveness

Data centers are worth it because they create jobs

Data centers don't actually consume that much water

Banning data centers is going to hurt the US economy

Foreign influence campaigns are impacting public opinion on data centers

Towns should be able to reject AI data centers

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Effingham County, Georgia residents filed a RICO lawsuit against county commissioners, county leaders and OpenAI, alleging they conspired to get OpenAI's 'Project Camellia' AI data center approved

AI data centers only benefit the richest Americans

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OpenAI published a policy blueprint urging lawmakers to codify limits on data center non-disclosure agreements and mandate that developers fully pay for electricity and grid infrastructure costs across the artificial intelligence industry

Local communities should be able to block AI data centers

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The Democratic governor-elect of Texas called for an immediate moratorium on data center construction projects in Texas

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Crusoe confirmed that it sold its unfinished data center project in southeastern Wyoming to Google

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In the U.S. midterm elections, voters supported restrictions or rejected pro-development measures on all but one of 41 data center ballot measures

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IREN pushed back delivery dates for some Microsoft AI infrastructure after Microsoft requested changes to the network design, and said it would face no financial penalties for the delays

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Democratic State Representative James Talarico won a U.S. Senate seat in Texas against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton

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Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed won the U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers

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Democratic candidate Sherrod Brown won back a U.S. Senate seat against Republican Jon Husted