‘We don’t want it’: Voter backlash against data centers consumes midterm elections

By: Ashley Murray

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: October 23, 2026

Words: 1,642

Last Updated: 3 hours, 51 minutes ago

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SPRINGDALE, Pa. — Residents in a small southwestern Pennsylvania town are facing the prospect of a 47-acre data center facility on their doorstep.

“Right here behind this fence is where they want to put up the data center, and as you can see, there’s houses right across the street, roughly 100 feet,” said lifelong Springdale borough resident Cathy Mager, stretching her arms to show the distance from the development site’s perimeter to a line of houses …

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