Data Centers Are Losing 38-1 at the Ballot Box With More to Count

Data center developers are having a bad year at ballot boxes across America.

On Nov. 3, many cities and counties held votes on more restrictive rules for data centers. Six communities had already voted to pass similar ordinances earlier in the year.

Taken together, 38 local measures restricting data center development have now carried, and six measures are leading, for a total of at least 44 new roadblocks that developers will have to either work around or avoid by siting their data centers elsewhere.