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- Republican candidates have aired anti-data-center ads ahead of the November 2026 elections.
- A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 77 percent of adults fear bills from data centers and 57 percent would oppose a local facility.
- Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray pledged to block data centers, saying Silicon Valley can build its ‘liberal empire’ elsewhere.
- Rep. Tom Tiffany warned data centers could damage farmland in an ad, message President JD Vance backed as ‘bogeyman’.
