This tiny North Dakota town was the only place to vote against restricting data centers
Source: Business Insider ·
Among 45 data center propositions on the ballot during the midterms, only one small town voted against reining them in.
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The data center under construction in Harwood, North Dakota, is faintly visible in the mist.Mike SwartzJust one of 45 ballot propositions on data centers fell on the pro-data center side.It was in Harwood, North Dakota, a town of 940 people about 10 miles from Fargo.Voters rejected a measure that would have required public hearings before a data center was built.Voters delivered a stern rebuke of data centers in ballot propositions across the country on Tuesday.Except in one tiny North Dakota town.The citizens of Harwood, who number about 940, shot down a measure that would have given residents a greater say in how large projects, such as AI data centers, are constructed in the town.The vote wasn't exactly close, either. Some 325 voted against the measure, compared to 105 who voted for it, according to the North Dakota Secretary of State's office.Of all 45 data-center-related propositions on the ballot across the country on Tuesday, Harwood stood out as the sole constituency in…
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