35 US local ballots target datacentre construction
Ballotpedia counted 35 local measures on the November 3 US midterm ballots aimed at banning or restricting new datacentre construction. Ohio accounts for 21 of them across 18 locales, with others in Illinois, Wisconsin and more states. A Fox News poll found only a quarter of registered voters support datacentres being built in their area.
- 35 local anti-datacentre measures on US ballots on November 3
- Ohio alone has 21 measures across 18 locales
- Only 25% of Fox News poll respondents back local datacentres
- Pew notes a shift of new builds to smaller, remote communities
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