The 2026 governors-elect of Ohio and Texas called for conditional freezes on the construction of new data centers

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Meta President Dina Powell McCormick spends approximately 80% of her working time attempting to secure computing power

Democrats flipped governorships in Ohio, Iowa, Georgia, Texas, and Nevada in the 2026 midterm election

Meta is constructing large-scale data centers in Ohio, Texas, and Louisiana

California Senate Bill 1047 passed the California State Legislature and was vetoed by California Governor Gavin Newsom

In an October Pew Research poll, 61% of voters reported disliking or strongly disliking political candidates who support building data centers locally

Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated three-term incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott in the Texas gubernatorial election

Democrats gained a net of five governorships in the 2026 elections, winning races in Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa, and Nevada

Following the rejection of data center ballot measures in November 2026, semiconductor chip stocks experienced broad declines

Following the 2026 midterm elections, Florida is the only state among the ten most populous in the United States with a Republican governor

In an NBC News exit poll, 56% of voters reported that data centers were a crucial or major factor in determining their vote

In an October Pew Research poll, 5% of Democratic supporters and 14% of Republican supporters reported liking candidates who support local data center construction

In the November 2026 elections, United States voters rejected multiple local ballot measures proposing new data center construction

Meta planned the Prometheus data center facility outside Columbus, Ohio, to operate at one gigawatt of electrical capacity

Following the 2026 midterm elections, nine of the ten most populous states in the United States have Democratic governors

Abdul El-Sayed ran Michigan Senate campaign advertisements linking artificial intelligence data centers and Flock safety cameras to Mike Rogers's 2001 vote for the USA PATRIOT Act

Following the rejection of data center ballot measures in November 2026, shares of data center construction and supply firms declined

In an October Pew Research poll, 75% of Democratic supporters reported disliking candidates who support local data centers, compared to 44% of Republican supporters

All 41 down-ballot proposals related to data centers across the United States passed during the 2026 midterm elections

In September 2026, Texas Governor Greg Abbott halted all new state permitting for data centers pending an audit of proposals by state energy and environmental regulators

In April 2026, United States Senator Jon Ossoff launched a formal congressional inquiry into electricity consumption by data centers