They passed a string of local bans and elected gubernatorial and Senate candidates pledging tougher regulation.
Voters in at least 29 jurisdictions across the country passed bans or restrictions on data centers Tuesday, reflecting the widespread public revulsion to the facilities and adding to the growing pushback on the ambitions of the artificial intelligence industry.
Data center construction also suffered setbacks in several states that are hot spots for the projects, as Democratic candidates promising to curb the rapid proliferation of the compute warehouses won governors’ races.
Many local ballot measures limiting data centers passed with overwhelming support. In Joliet Township, Illinois, nearly 80 percent of voters moved to restrict data centers. So did more than three-quarters of voters in Hubbard, Ohio, near where President Donald Trump touted his administration’s embrace of America’s rapid AI build-out in a rally last month.
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