Local officials across the United States are facing an intensifying political backlash over decisions supporting data centers, with voters attempting to remove mayors, council members, township trustees, and county commissioners who approved data center projects, incentives, or zoning changes.
Joe Horn, an organizer of a recall campaign in Yukon, Oklahoma, told Newsweek he was “hopeful that other cities around the nation will get involved like our community did when they were not being represented by their elected officials.”
Ballotpedia, a nonprofit, nonpartisan online encyclopedia of American politics, elections, government, and public policy, identified multiple elected officials targeted in data-center-related recall efforts during the first six months of 2026…