[Data Center Expansion Hits Barrier After US Midterm Election, 76% of Voters Oppose Community Construction] According to a report by The Verge on November 5th, the US midterm election results show that data center expansion faces greater political resistance. An NBC News election day poll showed that 76% of respondents opposed building data centers in their communities; of the 45 local referendums nationwide concerning data center development, 33 as of the morning of November 4th had voted to restrict construction. The town of Wells, Maine, supported a 180-day halt to construction of large data centers, and several cities in Ohio voted to ban data centers with a capacity exceeding 25MW; Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa and Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed both supported a halt to data center development.