# Voters in Ohio and elsewhere approve restrictions on data centers, hitting some tech firms harder

> Original title: Voters' data center rebuke hits some tech companies harder than others

- Source: Semafor · Technology
- Published: 2026-11-05T00:52:47.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/q7tbz5sw7zp3bbonaqdhv5ow6
- Original: https://www.semafor.com/article/11/04/2026/data-center-ballot-measures-hit-home-for-tech-giants

## Summary

Voters in Piqua, Ohio, approved a ban on large data centers and recalled commissioners who backed Meta's project there, while a similar ban passed in Trenton. Over 40% of the US's planned data center capacity sits in states where governors have paused new data centers, according to a Cleanview analysis. Shares of data center equipment and construction firms fell about 21% on Wednesday, while hyperscaler stocks rose.