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Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026 — 3:00 AM EST
Election results and a wave of ballot measures have heightened fears of data-center regulation, with more than half the projected United States hyperscaler pipeline sited in states newly open to restrictions.
Forty-four of the 45 data-centre measures on midterm ballots nationwide ran against the industry. Harwood, North Dakota, population 940, was the sole constituency to vote the other way, rejecting a home-rule measure 325 to 105.
OpenAI chief Sam Altman said it is ‘quite terrible’ that people keep a share of the world’s limited DRAM in personal computers used 5 percent of the time, as AI data-center demand drives memory prices higher.
Elon Musk said SpaceX had closed $40 billion in debt financing to buy graphics processing units for artificial-intelligence systems, with deliveries expected in the first half of 2027, and predicted widespread failures among smaller AI cloud companies.
