Voters reject data centers on Election Day as 44 ballot measures to restrict them pass

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Uploaded: 2026-11-05

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[0:01] Welcome back to Takeout. On election

[0:02] day, voters soundly rejected data center

[0:04] development, either explicitly,

[0:06] sometimes implicitly. Nationwide, here's

[0:08] the explicit part. 47 measures on the

[0:11] ballot to add restrictions to data

[0:13] centers or their development. 44 passed,

[0:17] one failed, two yet to be decided. And

[0:21] according to exit polls, I specialized

[0:23] in that on election night. You might

[0:24] remember, 56% said AI and data centers

[0:28] were a factor in their vote. Joe Patel

[0:30] joins me now, founder of Ford Energy

[0:33] Public Relations. Joe, what does this

[0:36] tell us about the current debate and

[0:38] voter orientation to the data center

[0:42] question in their communities?

[0:46] >> Major Al, it's great to be

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