GoKawiilData center backlash emerges as flashpoint in Ohio Senate race and other midterms
WIRED reports that opposition to data centers has become a bipartisan midterm issue, with candidates on both sides attacking opponents over industry ties. In Ohio, Democrat Sherrod Brown has repeatedly labeled Senator Jon Husted 'the face of data centers' and blamed him for rising energy bills, while Senate Democrats blocked a Husted-sponsored ratepayer protection bill that Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called 'toothless.' The National Republican Senatorial Committee has internally flagged data centers as a potential 'sleeper issue' that could affect election outcomes.