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‘We don’t want it’: Voter backlash against data centers consumes midterm elections

By jnorman@statesnewsroom.com, States Newsroom · October 23, 2026

SPRINGDALE, Pa. — Residents in a small southwestern Pennsylvania town are facing the prospect of a 47-acre data center facility on their doorstep. “Right here behind this fence is where they want to put up the data center, and as you can see, there’s houses right across the street, roughly 100 feet,” said lifelong…

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‘We don’t want it’: Voter backlash against data centers consumes midterm elections

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