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Voters in US midterm elections on Tuesday rejected most of more than 40 local measures on data centers, siding against them in all but one. The results add to growing political resistance to the AI building boom. With Democrats taking control of Congress in January, and new governors in Texas and Georgia calling for moratoriums, the AI infrastructure sector faces its toughest political test yet. France 24 reported that the backlash raises the question of whether similar opposition could spread to France.