Data center buildout at risk after US election shake up

Argus Media · Argus Media · 2026-11-04 21:59 UTC

Data center development may slow after voters across the US elected candidates who ran explicitly to impose moratoriums in some of the industry's fastest-growing markets and approved measures aimed at restricting expansion into local communities.

Data center development may slow after voters across the US elected candidates who ran explicitly to impose moratoriums in some of the industry's fastest-growing markets and approved measures aimed at restricting expansion into local communities.

In Texas, voters elected Gina Hinojosa (D) to replace Governor Greg Abbot (R), who just last year said he wanted to turn Texas into the "epicenter" of data center development before reversing course this summer and temporarily pausing new approvals. In Ohio, Senator Sherrod Brown (D) ousted the incumbent John Husted (R) after calling him "the face" of data centers in Ohio.

Meanwhile, nearly 50 local ballot measures around the country that would ban or tighten restrictions on data centers appear poised to pass.

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