Big Tech’s ambitions around Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its infrastructure just had the plug pulled.
Voters backed restrictions or rejected pro-development measures in every data-center ballot contest with results available Wednesday except one in Harwood, North Dakota.
The artificial intelligence data center boom hit a roadblock on election night, further complicating the tech industry’s historic expansion plans.
There were 41 local ballot measures in 10 states up for a vote on Tuesday that would place restrictions on the construction of data centers in different ways, according to Ballotpedia.
Voters sided against data centers in each measure except one in Harwood, North Dakota, according to an analysis by Ballotpedia and additional results gathered by CNBC on Wednesday.The City of Harwood voted against a charter rule amendment that would have required additional review before city approval of industrial developments, including data centers.
America votes against the data center boom. Local bans pass almost everywhere, Texas elects a governor who ran on a moratorium, and AI infrastructure stocks slip...
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