# Data center backlash is uniting America — retained record

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source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:theverge-ai)  published 2026-10-27 10:00 ingested 2026-10-28 02:52

[original source ↗](https://www.theverge.com/policy/1019152/data-centers-midterm-elections)

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If there's one issue that seems to activate all kinds of voters in 2026, it's data centers. The rapid buildout of these massive server storage facilities - and the infrastructure construction and expenses that come with them - has sparked local opposition in communities across the country and become a major issue in many congressional and gubernatorial campaigns. At the same time, tech money has been pouring into many of these races. Leading the Future, a super PAC backed by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and OpenAI President Greg Brockman, has already spent $45 million in a year. And Public First Action, an Anthropic-backed group that … Read the full story at The Verge.
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