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Can anyone really stop the AI data center boom? What could happen next now that voters have spoken

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Can anyone really stop the AI data center boom? What could happen next now that voters have spoken
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On Election Day, Americans made their opinions about the AI data center boom clear.



Now it’s up to those newly elected legislators to rein in the country’s high-speed data center development. And there’s a lot they can actually do—particularly on the local level.



Data centers were “dealt a resounding blow in the midterm elections,” Mandy DeRoche, director of emerging issues at Earthjustice, said at a press event on November 11. 



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