{
  "id": 6418485,
  "title": "Researchers discuss how data center construction could influence voters and impact public land",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/researchers-discuss-how-data-center-construction-could-influence",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-09T11:20:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-discuss-center-voters-impact.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The construction of new data centers is shaping up to be a defining issue in the 2026 midterm elections. Politicians in both parties have been distancing themselves from data centers in the face of public discontent around the issue, with public backlash leading to the freezing of dozens of data center projects nationwide this year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "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."
}