选举日的蓝色浪潮即将冲击数据中心行业。在12个州，胜选或领先的州长候选人呼吁暂停数据中心开发，包括阿拉斯加州、佐治亚州、堪萨斯州、缅因州、密歇根州、新罕布什尔州、新墨西哥州、纽约州、俄亥俄州、俄勒冈州、得克萨斯州和威斯康星州。而在更多州，胜选者还承诺对数据中心实施其他限制，包括保护电费缴纳者、环境限制以及取消建设此类设施的税收优惠。
Election Day’s blue wave is set to crash into the data center industry. In 12 states, the winning or leading candidate for governor has called for a pause on data center development, including Alaska, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Wisconsin. And in even more states, winners have also pledged other restrictions on data centers including ratepayer protections, environmental limits and the elimination of tax incentives for building the facilities.
而在24位未呼吁暂停的候任州长中，有22位支持至少一项对数据中心的限制。保护电费缴纳者的措施——即确保家庭不必承担电力需求增长或能源基础设施建设带来的成本——几乎得到普遍支持：36位胜选者中有34位支持。另有27位支持与用水或环境相关的限制。
And of the 24 incoming governors who did not call for a pause, 22 back at least one limit on data centers. Ratepayer protections, which would make sure households don’t shoulder the costs of increased power demand or energy infrastructure buildouts, were nearly universal: 34 of 36 winners support them. And 27 back restrictions relating to water usage or the environment.