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Meta President Says Building New US Data Centers Will Be 'Harder' After Midterm Voter Backlash

November 5, 2026 at 23:15 EST

Infra & Chips
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Meta's president, Dina Powell McCormick, said building new data centers in the United States is "going to be harder" after voters turned against such projects in the midterm elections.

Midterm elections · Local ballot measures

Voters turn against local data centers

Meta's president says building new US data centers is "going to be harder" after voters sided against such projects in nearly every local measure on the ballot.

40 of 41

Local ballot measures where voters sided against data centers

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Measure that went the other way

Local ballot measures, by outcome

Each block is one measure. Total: 41.

Voted against data centers

Voted the other way

Why it matters for AI buildout

Data centers need large amounts of land, power and water. Community approval may now weigh as heavily as regulatory permits and access to chips and capital.

What comes next

Meta expects new projects to face more hurdles in the months ahead.

Slower pipeline

Local opposition could delay the US data center buildout.

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