{
  "id": 18480100,
  "title": "Data center builders met during the midterms. Here's what they said.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/data-center-builders-met-during-the-midterms-heres-what-they-said",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-06T09:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/data-center-industry-election-reaction-conference-2026-11"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Midterm elections dealt a significant blow to data center builders, but industry professionals remained upbeat at a conference in Virginia. The event, hosted by Data Center Dynamics, saw over 3,000 professionals gather to discuss industry matters. Despite the defeat of over 40 ballot propositions supporting data center construction across the country, attendees remained optimistic about the future of the industry. Jeff Wabik, CTO at DC BLOX, dismissed common complaints about data centers as misinformation, stating that there have been some bad actors. The event, which took place on November 3 and 4, began with a pickleball tournament at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, followed by an icebreaker party at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. The conference aimed to provide builders with essential knowledge about running data centers powered by AI.",
  "summary": "Data centers took an across-the-board drubbing in the midterm elections on Tuesday. Data center builders, meanwhile, were playing pickleball.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}