Voters delivered a stunning rebuke to the AI data center boom in the 2026 midterms. Across 41 local ballot measures in 10 states, voters backed restrictions or rejected data center projects in nearly every race with results so far, according to Ballotpedia and CNBC.
In this video:
• Where data centers were on the ballot: Ohio, Kansas, California, Illinois, Florida and more
• Ohio’s 21 data center measures and the towns that passed bans
• El Dorado, Kansas votes for a 10-year ban
• The one town that said YES
• Why voters are angry: electricity bills, water, farmland and noise
• How data centers shaped the governor and Senate races in Ohio, Texas and Georgia
• AI super PACs spent $250M and mostly lost. What’s next for Big Tech?
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Results are preliminary; some measures are still being counted.
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