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Why data center fights cut across 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 reporting examines how battles over new data center construction are dividing communities in ways that defy traditional partisan labels. Opposition to the facilities, driven by concerns over water and energy use, noise, and land, is bringing together rural conservatives and progressive activists who rarely align. The notebook explores why lawmakers in both parties are being forced to respond to constituent unease about the industry's rapid expansion.
Why now: Data center expansion is becoming a rare cross-partisan political issue as communities push back against local impacts.
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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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