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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marc Levy

Governors' races are being increasingly buffeted by the toxic politics of data centers

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More governors are shifting their stances or taking more steps to squeeze data centers as the midterm elections near and public opinion sours on the energy-hungry behemoths tech giants are building to fuel artificial intelligence products and cloud computing.

The backlash to the massive server warehouses is enveloping races for governor in some of the nation's biggest states and presidential battlegrounds.

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