Maine’s data center revolt will decide who controls the Senate
THE SO WHAT
Local backlash against AI data centers—on water, power, and land use—is now a live electoral issue, not just a permitting nuisance. If your growth plan depends on hyperscale compute, treat community relations and resource transparency as core project work, not PR cleanup.
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