美国多地公投否决数据中心建设 AI 基建遇阻
2026年11月，美国九个州超过30个地区的选民在公投中普遍否决了数据中心的建设或施加严格限制。这一结果对正在进行的AI基础设施扩张构成重大阻力，迫使科技公司重新评估选址策略并尝试通过品牌重塑来缓解公众抵触情绪。
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US voters roundly reject data centers in ballot measures
Nov 4, 2026, 8 EST
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American voters roundly rejected data centers nearly anywhere they were on the ballot Tuesday, a rebuke sure to rattle investors already growing skittish about the AI buildout.Residents in more than 30 localities across nine states voted for moratoriums, outright bans, and other measures, some in direct response to specific projects underway. Edgewater, Fla. overwhelmingly voted to embed a data-center ban in the city’s charter, and voters in Perry, Ohio passed a measure placing financial and operational constraints on hyperscalers seeking tax breaks. Democrats running in more than 130 federal and gubernatorial races aired anti-tech or anti-data center ads this cycle, one analysis showed. The pressure pushed some Republican candidates including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, an AI booster just a few months ago, into promises of tougher regulation; he lost anyway.
Banks and asset managers financing the buildout have already begun treating local opposition as a credit risk, while hyperscalers are rushing to hire community liaisons. Meanwhile, tech companies bracing for the vibe shift are trying to rebrand the data centers as “compute campuses” with mixed results, Semafor’s Ashley Gold reported.