Data Center Policies Tighten in Multiple US States After Midterm Elections
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After the 2026 US midterm elections, data center policies in several states are showing signs of tightening. TrendForce published an analysis on November 11, 2026, assessing the impact of the midterm election results on data center construction: the newly elected governors of Texas, Georgia, and Ohio all advocate pausing or tightening data center development, and state-level policies may shift toward stricter restrictions, even statewide moratoriums. TrendForce thus estimates that more than half of the planned hyperscale data center capacity in the US faces high regulatory risk. This is where the situation stands so far; there have been no reports of any state formally enacting new policies.
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TrendForce analyzed the impact of the 2026 US midterm election results on data center construction, noting that newly elected governors in Texas, Georgia, and Ohio advocate pausing or tightening data center development, and state-level policies may shift toward stricter restrictions or even statewide moratoriums.
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