Red counties with data centers swung toward Democrats in midterms

Deep-red counties with large data centers or proposed projects shifted further toward Democrats in the recent midterm elections than similar counties without them, Fox News reported. The analysis was conducted by Humans First, a conservative artificial intelligence safety group. The group examined public election returns and data center project records across 1,540 counties in 16 states. [1]

According to Fox News, Humans First identified what it described as a data center penalty. Across all examined counties, those hosting large data centers shifted an additional 2.2 percentage points toward Democrats. Amy Kremer of Humans First warned that data centers are driving voters away from Republicans as community backlash grows over local control and property rights. [1]

Resistance to data center construction has been growing globally, as FTMQ News reported earlier. Local residents in Australia, South Korea, Japan, and Malaysia have previously opposed artificial intelligence data center plans near residential neighborhoods over community concerns. [3]