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What the midterm results actually mean for the future of AI and data centers: prepare for the AI slowdown

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What the midterm results actually mean for the future of AI and data centers: prepare for the AI slowdown
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People spoke, and their voices boomed from coast to coast. They do not like data centers and they expect AI to do more harm than good. The numbers are not even close. Voters faced 41 local ballot measures on data centers across 10 states on Tuesday and sided against the industry in every one of them except a single vote in Harwood, North Dakota. In most of those contests, the margin cleared 70 percent. Roughly three quarters of voters told the NBC News exit poll they oppose a data center in thei

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