Data center health worries animate midterm campaigns
Topics: 2026 Midterm Elections
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- CBS News reports: “Opposition to the rapid emergence of data centers in states such as Ohio and Arizona has ginned up activism and unified voters. A range of public health issues have played into the resistance.”
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