Candidates Backing Data Center Pauses Could Win in Up to 15 Governor’s Races

As data centers have gone from obscurity to the top of voters’ minds, midterm candidates are taking a stance on the issue. The fight is most heated in races for governor, the office that has shown the most power to limit data centers on a broad scale. Whichever candidates win, more doors are likely to close on the industry, leaving it with fewer places to build and higher costs where it still can. In 21 of the 36 states electing a governor on Tuesday, at least one major-party nominee backs a...