Voters approved more than 40 measures to slow or ban data center growth
THE SO WHAT
Local voters are now a gating factor for AI capacity—over 40 ballot measures targeting data centers turns siting into a political campaign, not just a zoning exercise. Infra teams should diversify geographies and bake permitting risk into compute roadmaps.
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