How the US midterm elections reflected resistance to data centres

North America Politics Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:35:28 GMT Moderate confidence — 74/100

In September, a poll found that 70 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of Republicans supported limiting the construction of new data centres in the United States.
But that opposition was tested in Tuesday’s midterm election, with analysts examining key races to see if the public backlash would translate into votes.
Global markets roiled due to concerns that US midterm election results will lead to slowing data centre expansion and increased regulation of AI.

In September, a poll found that 70 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of Republicans supported limiting the construction of new data centres in the United States.
Global markets roiled due to concerns that US midterm election results will lead to slowing data centre expansion and increased regulation of AI.

But that opposition was tested in Tuesday’s midterm election, with analysts examining key races to see if the public backlash would translate into votes.

Sources: Al Jazeera