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US Governors Pledge Bans on 63% of New Data Centers

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A significant portion of planned and under-construction data centers in the United States are located in states whose governors have pledged to ban or pause new data center development. These states account for 63% of all planned or under-construction data centers nationwide. An additional 14% are in states whose governors have expressed strong opposition to data centers, potentially impacting future growth and development in the sector. AI

IMPACT Potential slowdown in AI infrastructure build-out due to state-level regulatory actions against data centers.

RANK_REASON Policy changes by multiple US state governors impacting a significant portion of planned data center infrastructure. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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US Governors Pledge Bans on 63% of New Data Centers

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  1. r/singularity TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Catholic_Indian10 ·

    63% of planned/under construction data centers in the US are in states with governors who have promised to ban or pause new data centers.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>The incoming governors of Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Ohio, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Kansas, and Colorado have all pledged to issue bans/moratoriums of new data centers. That represents 63% of all data center in the Unite…

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