As data centers sprout across the US, governor hopefuls look to ease voter fears

Candidates for governor are offering different visions for how to balance economic development with residents’ concerns over rising electricity demand, land use, and local control as data centers become a prominent issue in state politics. The facilities that power cloud computing and artificial intelligence have becom

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Republican and Democratic rivals are attacking each other over their positions on data center development in the final stretch of the primary.