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He Ran on Fighting Data Centers. Now, He’s Going to Congress

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He Ran on Fighting Data Centers. Now, He’s Going to Congress

Welcome back to Power Play! Senior writer Molly Taft has been tackling topics around this midterm season’s biggest issue: data centers. With the elections over, Power Play will be going on hiatus. But if you’ve got a question or thought for a story, feel free to shoot Molly an email at [email protected] or reach them securely on Signal at mollytaft.76.

If there’s any incoming congressional freshman who understands how voter anger about data centers supercharged this week’s election, it’s Will Lawrence.

A former member of the Democratic Socialists of America who helped found the Sunrise Movement, Lawrence centered his campaign on opposition to data centers from the beginning, months before many other candidates had caught on. It helped him win a challenging primary in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District against much-better-funded opponents, and this week, he defeated incumbent Republican Tom Barrett in one of the most expensive House races in the country. (Elon Musk’s America PAC chipped in $340,000 against Lawrence.)

For this last edition of Power Play, I caught up with Lawrence about what the future holds for data center developers and for voters concerned about them, and what his plans are when he gets to Washington, DC, next year.

MOLLY TAFT: I’ve seen some post-election takes that data centers weren’t as big of a factor for voters as media coverage may suggest. I’m curious as to what you heard from voters in the last weeks of the campaign about how data centers may be competing with other big issues in this election.


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