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Cooper Urges Data Centers to Pay for Power, Build Energy

8/31/2026

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Roy Cooper, U.S. Senate candidate, urges data centers to pay for power and build energy.
Cooper praised Apple’s 2019 $845 million Job Development Investment Grant and $112.4 million fund for a Maiden data center.
He said the Apple project would create 3,000 jobs.
Cooper noted Meta, Microsoft, Google and others opened or expanded data centers while he governed.
Governor Josh Stein blamed data centers for rising utility costs and backed Cooper’s stance.

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Roy Cooper, U.S. Senate candidate, urges data centers to pay for power and build energy.
Cooper praised Apple’s 2019 $845 million Job Development Investment Grant and $112.4 million fund for a Maiden data center.
He said the Apple project would create 3,000 jobs.
Cooper noted Meta, Microsoft, Google and others opened or expanded data centers while he governed.
Governor Josh Stein blamed data centers for rising utility costs and backed Cooper’s stance.