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US voters reject AI data centres in 40 of 41 local ballot measures

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Source: The Next Web

Voters sided against AI data centres in 40 of 41 local ballot measures across 10 states on Tuesday 3 November, according to Ballotpedia figures and results gathered by CNBC. Ohio held 21 of the measures, and the one exception was Harwood, North Dakota, where voters rejected an added review of industrial projects that included data centres. An NBC News exit poll found 76% of voters would oppose a new data centre in their community.

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Gina Hinojosa won Texas’s governorship after campaigning for a statewide data centre moratorium, to last until the state passes laws on water, electricity, air and property rights.

When
3 Nov 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0730
Where
United States, Texas, Ohio, North Dakota

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Next stop on this Storyline: What happened nextOhio voters back data centre bans or limits in at least 14 municipalities

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WTA-N-2026-0730: “US voters reject AI data centres in 40 of 41 local ballot measures.” wheresthe.ai, 3 Nov 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-us-voters-reject-ai-data-centres-in-40-of-41-local-ballot-2026-11/ (source: The Next Web).

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