{"id":673,"date":"2026-11-11T13:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T18:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=673"},"modified":"2026-11-11T13:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T18:10:37","slug":"cities-move-ban-data-centers-midterm-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=673","title":{"rendered":"More Cities Move To Ban Data Centers After Midterm Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of cities are moving to restrict or ban data centers following midterm elections in which voters strongly backed tighter controls on the facilities. The push reflects mounting local opposition, with midterm results showing red counties that host current or proposed data centers shifting away from Republicans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-source\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/more-cities-move-to-ban-data-centers-after-midterm-backlash-12700558\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newsweek \u2014 More Cities Move To Ban Data Centers After Midterm Backlash<\/a>. Also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2026\/11\/11\/report-red-counties-with-current-or-proposed-data-centers-shifted-away-from-republicans-in-midterms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breitbart News Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-credit\"><em>AI-assisted summary; the reporting is the source&#x27;s. Read the original at the link.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>data centers, midterm elections, local government, tech regulation, zoning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of cities are moving to restrict or ban data centers following midterm elections in which voters strongly backed tighter controls on the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203,2,25],"tags":[369,666,59,667,668],"class_list":["post-673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election-2026","category-politics","category-tech-news","tag-data-centers","tag-local-government","tag-midterm-elections","tag-tech-regulation","tag-zoning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}