US Voters Reject Data Center Projects in Ballots Across Multiple Locations

US voters in more than 30 localities across 9 states voted on data center-related measures, approving restrictive proposals such as moratoriums and outright bans. In Edgewater, Florida, a data center ban was written into the city charter, while Perry, Ohio, imposed financial and operational constraints on hyperscale firms seeking tax incentives. Reports say that in this election cycle, Democratic candidates in more than 130 federal and gubernatorial races ran anti-tech or anti-data-center ads, and banks and asset managers financing AI infrastructure have begun to treat local opposition as a credit risk.