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Voters approved nearly every datacenter moratorium that was on the ballot, dozens in total in Tuesday’s elections<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/nov/04/midterm-elections-full-results-senate-house-governor-races" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Track live results from all 50 states</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/midterm-election-results-question-answer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Send us your questions about the US midterms results and Democrats’ ‘blue wave’</a>There were three big losers in Tuesday’s midterm elections in the US: Donald Trump, Elon Musk and datacenters.Datacenters, the facilities full of semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence and a host of other online products, were on the ballot in elections in at least 40 jurisdictions across 10 states. Voters responded with a strong rebuke of the giant buildings, which have has become a symbol of the tech industry and AI. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/datacenters-midterm-elections" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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