Data Centers Are the Election Year Villain

1. Kansas City, Missouri – Data centers are so toxic that politicians are using them as boogeymen in totally unrelated policy discussions. All week I’ve been thinking about Missouri, where a widely-screened TV campaign ad is airing screeds against AI hyperscale projects to sell a constitutional…

First covered Jul 2, 2026 · 1:29 PM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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46d Heatmap News Data Centers Are the Election Year Villain — 1. Kansas City, Missouri – Data centers are so toxic that politicians are using them as boogeymen in totally unrelated policy discussions.

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kcur.org Missouri elections show data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could influence midterms | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

govtech.com Data Center Opposition Impacts Elections in Missouri City

newsweek.com ‘Cost Me the Election’: Data Centers Trigger Voter Backlash

stlpr.org Festus residents opposed a data center. Their effort became national news

firstalert4.com Festus voters oust four incumbents over data center dispute

Appeared in: 2026-07-03 (#5) · 2026-07-04 (#19)

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