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Data centers are now a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn

Data centers are now a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn

TL;DRData center expansion is becoming a major local political issue in Brooklyn.

Why it matters: Infrastructure debates once ignored locally now shape elections and neighborhood futures.

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.

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