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Data center fights cut across US party lines
Original: Reporter's Notebook: Why data center fights cut across party lines https://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/nx-s1-5977821/reporter
NPR's reporter's notebook examines why conflicts over data center construction are dividing communities across party lines in the United States. The piece reports that opposition to new facilities is uniting residents who might otherwise disagree politically, as concerns over energy use, water, noise, and land crosses traditional partisan boundaries.
Why now: Data center expansion has become a flashpoint in local politics as AI-driven demand grows, and the story highlights its unusual cross-partisan political dynamics.
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- Reporter's Notebook: Why data center fights cut across party lines https://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/nx-s1-5977821/reporters-notebook-why-data-center-fights-cut-across-party-lines # Politics # Business # Technology · npr_national@robot.villas · 5
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