{"id":107881,"date":"2026-11-04T22:32:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/midterm-elections-could-zap-the-data-center-buildout-experts-say\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T22:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:32:53","slug":"midterm-elections-could-zap-the-data-center-buildout-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/midterm-elections-could-zap-the-data-center-buildout-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Midterm elections could zap the data center buildout, experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Democrats&#8217; <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/election-day-2026-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sweeping victories<\/a><\/span> in the midterm elections on Tuesday could buoy opponents of data centers in some parts of the U.S. and slow the spread of the controversial facilities, according to Wall Street analysts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday afternoon, voters had approved 38 ballot measures restricting data centers in communities across California, Illinois, Maine, Ohio, New York and other states, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/datacentersontheballot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> from political research firm Redbud Consulting. Residents in Harwood, North Dakota, were the only voters to approve a data center.<\/p>\n<p>The election also elevates a number of state and gubernatorial candidates who made stricter regulation of data centers a key part of their campaigns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rapid development of data centers around the U.S. to help power artificial intelligence has provoked widespread public backlash. By a margin of more than 2-to-1, more Americans oppose than favor building a new data center in their area, a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/americans-data-centers-in-their-area-opinion-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News poll <\/a><\/span>found this summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Focus on Texas<\/h2>\n<p>Franklin Templeton chief market strategist Stephen Dover predicted that the election results will lead to a &#8220;slowdown in data centers being built,&#8221; bringing new regulations and costs for their developers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For tech investors, the big focus is will these midterm elections slow the pace of the planned 800 to 1,000 data centers across the U.S. fueling the AI Revolution,&#8221; Yorkville Ives &amp; Co. technology analyst Dan Ives said in a report. &#8220;The answer in our view is a clear YES.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ives pointed to Texas, which accounts for 25% to 30% of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ai-data-centers-changing-us-farmland-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">data center capacity<\/a><\/span> expected to come online by 2030, as one state that could be affected. Democrat Gina Hinojosa, who defeated Republican i<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/texas-governor-election-2026-greg-abbott-gina-hinojosa-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ncumbent Greg Abbott <\/a><\/span>in the race for governor, proposed a temporary ban on data center construction during her campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Texas is the foundation of the AI buildout in the U.S.,&#8221; Ives told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hinojosa&#8217;s win over Abbott could stall the addition of 13 gigawatts of data-center power in Texas, according to Gordon Johnson, CEO and founder of the investment adviser GLJ Research.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Abbott had already suspended data center approvals, which makes it easy for Hinojosa to extend the moratorium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Texas already has a moratorium \u2014 Abbott built it. All the new governor has to do is keep it in place. She doesn&#8217;t need a new law to keep data center permits frozen,&#8221; Johnson told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Keisha Lance Bottoms&#8217; <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/atlanta\/news\/georgia-governor-election-2026-results-rick-jackson-keisha-lance-bottoms\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">gubernatorial victory in Georgia<\/a><\/span>, the third-largest data center market, also has significant implications for the infrastructure buildout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bottoms, who campaigned on pausing new data center construction in the state, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/keisha-lance-bottoms-georgia-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told CBS Mornings<\/a><\/span> on Wednesday that she would immediately &#8220;sign an executive order for that pause, and then we will determine what else we need to do administratively to take that pause into effect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bottoms also said she plans to review tax incentives offered in Georgia that have spurred data center development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, of course, we are going to have to take a look at what those agreements entail and determine what our remedies are to enact that pause, but I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re going to get a lot of pushback across the state,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Many local governments have already taken that first step.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Cooling an overheated sector<\/h2>\n<p>Market analyst Adam Crisafulli of Vital Knowledge noted that semiconductor, hardware and other stocks associated with data center construction fell sharply on Wednesday amid investor concerns over permitting delays.<\/p>\n<p>Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management, thinks data center developers could face additional requirements to invest in electrical grids and potentially lose tax incentives, thereby raising their costs. She added in a research note that higher development costs for new facilities could &#8220;increase the value of existing infrastructure that is already powered, permitted, and operational.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Massive investment in data centers and the artificial intelligence sector more broadly has helped propel U.S. economic growth and drive stock market gains. In the long term, however, a slower data center buildout is unlikely to hamstring the economy, Dover of Franklin Templeton told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s possible to argue that the AI trade and data center buildout was getting overheated, and this could dampen some of the excessive investment that might not have a good return on capital, which investors have questioned anyway,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So unbridled expansion will be tempered a bit, but probably not a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although data center moratoriums may delay construction, they&#8217;re unlikely to torpedo capital spending on AI or short-circuit broader growth, according to economists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A more restrictive stance toward data centers would stretch the timelines of future projects, and slower construction in the medium to long term wouldn&#8217;t necessarily be a bad outcome for the macroeconomy,&#8221; analysts with Oxford Economics said in a report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section 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