Data center health worries animate midterm campaigns

What happened: Residents of Page, Arizona are mobilizing against a proposed $10 billion data center, and data center health concerns are animating midterm campaigns, including the race for Arizona's 1st Congressional District. Key numbers: The proposed Page data center is valued at $10 billion; the city approved Why it matters: Emerging research on data center health impacts is giving ammunition to opponents and putting some incumbents who backed expansion in vulnerable positions, with a political science professor saying past decisions to support data centers are "suddenly career-ending.

Residents of Page, Arizona are mobilizing against a proposed $10 billion data center, and data center health concerns are animating midterm campaigns, including the race for Arizona's 1st Congressional District.

Emerging research on data center health impacts is giving ammunition to opponents and putting some incumbents who backed expansion in vulnerable positions, with a political science professor saying past decisions to support data centers are "suddenly career-ending.