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This Week in Startups · 2026-11-06 · 68 min · 13,548 words

Did the Midterms Destroy All Hope for Data Centers? | E2360

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Okay, everybody, it is Friday November sixth, twenty twenty six. But we're recording this on Thursday the fifth. Uh, this is gonna be my first chance to talk about lawn in Ernest uh what happened in the midterms. Sure. Uh my role on all in as the one person who was on the other side of these discussions and uh let's call it what it is. I saw it from a mile away, what was gonna happen

Uh with the midterms. And so you and I have been talking about it, uh everybody's been talking about it in My uh group chats and uh let's have a conversation here about it. This week in Startups is brought to you by Stripe Startups. Stripe Startups offers early stage venture backed startups access to stripe fee credits, expert insights, and a focused community of builders. Apply today on Stripe.com slash startups. Sentry. Your team should be focused on shipping features, not chasing down bugs. New users can get$240 in free credits when they go to century.io slash twist and use the code TWIST26. Odu, the all-in-one business platform. Your first app is free. Get started today at

O DOO.com slash twist Definitely. So on Tuesday, Democrats secured majorities in both the House and the Senate. Many of their candidates ran on slowing AI development, especially data center construction. Voters also acted locally, more than a dozen Ohio towns, for example. Voted to halt or restrict new data set or development. Similar bans passed in Kansas, Florida, and California and Texas governor elect Gino Inoosa. Campaigned on pausing construction until the legislature passes new regulations per the Wall Street Journal. She follows me. She's only got like a hundred thousand followers. She follows me on uh Twitter, so I'm gonna reach out to her and

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