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Building data centers in the U.S. just became more difficult, but perhaps as important, voters issued a challenge to the AI billionaires behind them.

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A l’appel d’une coalition d’associations environnementales, des dizaines de manifestations se sont tenues dans une quinzaine de pays européens, vendredi et samedi, pour réclamer un moratoire sur la construction de centres de données.

Le ressentiment monte en Indonésie et en Malaisie, en particulier dans les régions frontalières de Singapour, considérées comme des sites privilégiés pour de nouvelles infrastructures technologiques en Asie du Sud-Est.

La résistance s'organise face à l'intelligence artificielle. Elle a déjà peut-être pesé dans les élections de mi-mandat cette semaine aux États-Unis, et elle s'exprime aussi de plus en plus sur le continent européen. De nouvelles mobilisations sont prévues ce week-end dans plusieurs pays, contre la multiplication des data centers, des centres de données qui

Dans sa chronique, le journaliste au « Monde » Stéphane Foucart revient sur les centres de données, dont le développement massif aux Etats-Unis a pesé en partie sur le vote des Américains, lors des élections de mi-mandat du 3 novembre.

Frustration is bubbling over in Indonesia and Malaysia — especially in regions bordering Singapore that are seen as a prime location for new tech facilities.

On Equity, we unpacked what the midterms mean for the tech industry.

Anthropic is poised to become the first pure-play AI company to hit the public market at a time when the public is increasingly leary of the industry.

Will Lawrence beat out better-funded opponents in the race to represent Michigan’s 7th District. Now, the representative-elect is laying out his plans to fight for a federal data center moratorium.

The political backlash against data centers is intensifying, threatening to choke off a critical source of U.S. investment, according to economists.

Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment. Data centers were a major bipartisan issue ahead […]

Big majorities of 2026 election voters opposed the building of data centers in their community.

Ze zijn van levensbelang om de grote ambities die techbedrijven met AI hebben waar te maken, maar door de Amerikaanse verkiezingsuitslag van deze week is het de vraag of alle geplande datacenters in de VS er wel gaan komen. In staten als Texas, Ohio en Georgia, waar veel van die centers op de planning staan, stemden kiezers dinsdag voor Democratische kandida

Data center regulation itself was not on most midterm ballots, but hard-line stances against the server warehouses were woven into the platforms of Democrats who upended longtime Republican control of the governorships in Texas, Ohio and Georgia, all data center hot spots.

Η κυβέρνηση Τραμπ δεν σκοπεύει να αναθεωρήσει τα σχέδιά της για την ανάπτυξη της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης, παρά τη σαρωτική νίκη των Δημοκρατικών και τις αποφάσεις των Αμερικανών ψηφοφόρων να περιορίσουν την κατασκευή νέων κέντρων δεδομένων (data centers). Ο διευθυντής του Εθνικού Οικονομικού Συμβουλίου του Λευκού Οίκου, Κέβιν Χάσετ, δήλωσε σήμερα, Παρασκευή, στο

Voters across the country on Tuesday voiced their support for candidates who have pledged to place restrictions on data center development.

«Η Γενική Συνομοσπονδία Εργατών Ελλάδος (ΓΣΕΕ), σε συνεργασία με την Ένωση Εργαζομένων Καταναλωτών Ελλάδας (ΕΕΚΕ), εκφράζει την έντονη ανησυχία της για την άκριτη και ανεξέλεγκτη εξάπλωση των φαραωνικών Κέντρων Δεδομένων (Data Centers) στη χώρα μας», αναφέρεται σε σχετική ανακοίνωση. Επισημαίνει παράλληλα πως: «Την ώρα που η ελληνική κοινωνία δοκιμάζεται σκλ

Les valeurs liées à l'IA ont dégringolé jeudi sur les marchés boursiers mondiaux, les investisseurs craignant que la construction de centres de données ne soit freinée aux États-Unis, après la victoire écrasante des démocrates aux élections de mi-mandat américaines.

Elles se mobilisent dans plusieurs pays, vendredi 6 et samedi 7 novembre sous le slogan "Stop aux centres de données polluants", rapporte France Inter vendredi.

Cet Etat frappé par une sécheresse chronique accueille plus des deux tiers des centres de données construits par les géants américains de la tech au Mexique. Les ONG dénoncent l’opacité sur leurs usages en eau et des créations d’emplois nettement moindres que celles qui ont été promises.

Opposition to data centers was part of midterm races across the U.S., with campaigns featuring them in hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of TV ads and many winners pledging to clamp down on the energy-hungry behemoths

Voters passed 44 measures to restrict data centers on Election Day amid concerns over their power usage and potential job losses tied to artificial intelligence. CBS News' Megan Cerullo has more.

Americans strongly rejected data centers on Election Day, with 44 ballot measures to restrict their operation passing. Joe Brettell, founder of Forward Energy Public Relations, joins "The Takeout."

Meta warns that growing political opposition to data centers could threaten future AI investments, as communities push back against massive infrastructure projects.

AI data centers are facing national outcry for draining local water and power supply. The truth about how they use water to stay cool is far more complicated.

OpenAI claims its new pledges were in the works before Americans voted strongly against the data center boom.

Voters in dozens of American cities approved restrictions or outright bans on data centers during Tuesday's midterm elections.

Data center opposition crossed party lines in Tuesday’s midterms.

After Democrats won big in Texas and other AI infrastructure hot spots on Tuesday, data center enthusiasts looked for comfort in low Earth orbit.

<p>Across 10 states this Election Day, voters overwhelmingly backed restrictions on data center development or rejected measures that would have eased their construction</p>

With smartphone sales tanking by around 20 percent compared to 2025, Qualcomm is looking to data centers to help boost its bottom line. During its Q4 2026 earnings call, the company laid out its plans to make a splash in the AI data center business, through partnerships with companies like Amazon and Meta announced earlier […]

Voters across the country opted for nearly every local ballot measure that would curb the rate of data center expansion.

Voters in the states at the heart of the AI data center boom pushed back on the buildout on Election Night.

From high-profile Senate races to local rezoning initiatives, data centers and their supporters did miserably on the ballot in the 2026 midterms.

Data center developers are poised to face a more restrictive building environment after voters across the country voted in candidates who favor moratoriums and ballot measures that put more obstacles on their expansion, delivering a stinging blow to a central pillar of the AI industry. Of voters polled by NBC News on Election Day, 76 […]

Nowhere was the rebuke stronger than the now-blue Ohio.

Les data-centers, sujet crucial pour les électeurs américains, a poussé une partie des républicains à s'abstenir ou à voter le pour le parti opposé lors de ces midterms du mardi 3 novembre. Plusieurs candidats comme Greg Abbott et Ken Paxton ont eux, opéré des volte-face stupéfiantes concernant leur positionnement, affirmant ainsi vouloir un moratoire dans l

Η σαρωτική νίκη των Δημοκρατικών στις ενδιάμεσες εκλογές των ΗΠΑ ανέδειξε έναν απροσδόκητο παράγοντα που επηρέασε την εκλογική αναμέτρηση: την αυξανόμενη αντίδραση των πολιτών στην κατασκευή τεράστιων κέντρων δεδομένων για την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη. Οι Δημοκρατικοί που υποσχέθηκαν να «παγώσουν» την ανάπτυξη νέων εγκαταστάσεων επικράτησαν ακόμη και σε παραδοσιακά

La démocrate Gina Hinojosa a été élue gouverneure du Texas mardi 3 novembre. Le gouverneur républicain sortant Greg Abbott, qui briguait un 4e mandat, a été battu par cette avocate de 52 ans. Et alors que le Texas, puissance énergétique de premier plan, accueille nombre de projets de centres de données, l'élue a promis durant sa campagne d'imposer un moratoi

The years-long wait for access to the grid and new turbines is causing data center builders to turn to an unusual, less-efficient and less environmentally friendly solution: once-discarded jet engines.

Russia tries to fix exposed digital infrastructure as data center war backfires.

People hate data centers. They're loud, resource-hungry eyesores that are so profoundly unpopular they have managed to achieve the near-impossible in today's polarized political landscape: genuine bipartisan opposition. But what about "compute campuses"? Those sound lovely, right? OpenAI seems to be gambling that a quiet rebrand could be all it takes to defu

Ahead of the midterms, WIRED talked to New York City’s mayor about data centers, AI in schools, and the future of the Democratic party.

For private equity firms, "not all transition strategies are sustainable."

Aux États-Unis, l'IA s'est imposée comme un enjeu majeur des élections de mi-mandat du 3 novembre. Alors que les data centers indispensables à son fonctionnement se multiplient, ils suscitent de plus en plus de défiance, ralliant des opposants de tous bords unis par les mêmes inquiétudes écologiques et économiques. La Géorgie, premier marché américain pour l

Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?

A high-stakes California ballot measure pitched as a fast track for "essential" infrastructure could wind up giving data center developers a loophole to evade public scrutiny, environmental advocates warn. Proposition 45 would shorten timelines for state-mandated environmental assessments for eligible projects and make it more difficult for residents to chal

At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.

Rural Texas voters have overwhelmingly backed Republicans for decades, but Democrats hope voter opposition to data centers could help unseat the Republican governor.

Raids against online scam centers in Madagascar have exposed ties with a criminal group that ran similar operations in Cambodia.

Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.

Satlyt ran a successful test this month bringing it closer to turning spacecraft, starting with satellites, into virtual data centers.