The data center boom is colliding with the midterms

Data center proposals have spurred scores of bills in state legislatures and ballot measure campaigns to ban their construction. Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images The majority of competitive House districts have data centers either planned or under construction. Neither party knows how to handle their political fallout heading into the midterms. Data centers are shaping up to be a yearslong political slog for both parties. More than 200 data centers are going up in dozens of ...