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Data centers are now a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn

At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.

TechCrunch AI· Dominic-Madori Davis·Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:22 AM UTC
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