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Data center boom is shaking up elections

August 10, 2026 3:13 PM CDT By Greg Kearney
Data center boom is shaking up elections

For further reading: 

Data centers at center of Virginia battles over taxes, environment, and jobs

Climate activists take on a new foe: Data centers

Nashville rises in opposition to proposed data center next to city zoo

Data center battle exposes Michigan Democrats’ slide to the right

Tags:
  • AI
  • artificial intelligence
  • data
  • data centers
  • Elections
  • elections2026

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Greg Kearney
Greg Kearney

Greg Kearney has worked as an editorial cartoonist for over 40 years. He calls himself  “a traditional labor Democrat,” and his cartoons have appeared in publications as diverse as the Journal of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to People's World. “You may not always agree with my views but that is the whole point of editorial cartooning.” Kearney is a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.


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