Did a data centre revolt affect the US mid-term election results?

November 6, 2026 · 6:01 am 3 sources

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• Did a data centre revolt affect the US mid-term election results?
  BBC News · November 6, 2026 06:01
  BBC Verify examines whether US voters were influenced by the data centre boom - and the impact anti-AI sentiment could have on the industry.
• Activists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam
  The Guardian · November 6, 2026 18:51
  Separate actions also take place outside fence and across Europe in backlash against impact of AI boom Activists have stormed the site of a Microsoft datacentre being built in Amsterdam, as the backlash to the social and environmental harms of the AI boom spreads across Europe. Protesters from…

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• Protesters break into Microsoft AI data centre site in Amsterdam
  Al Jazeera · November 6, 2026 15:48
  More than 100 activists broke into a Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam.