The Companies Behind Data Centers Are Turning to Politics as Communities Fight Back

The companies behind data centers are turning to politics as communities fight back

‘The moral of the story is, trying to bypass communities in developing these data centers is not working, and they’re going to take it to the polls,’ said one expert, Josh Marcus reports

Data centers are bringing Americans together

Protesters rally against data centers at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on July 27, 2026. | Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images The data center backlash has entered the midterms conversation.  Politicians from across the spectrum have changed their minds — or at least their policy positions — about data centers in the past few months as public resistance  to their construction has skyrocketed. A major example is…