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title: "Data center shares fall as investors expect slower AI buildout after Democrats win Congress; Hut 8 drops 23%, IREN 11%, Core Scientific 10%, Applied Digital 7% (Reuters)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/data-center-shares-fall-as-investors-expect-slower-ai-buildout-after-f58c3550
published: 2026-11-04T23:30:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Data center shares fall as investors expect slower AI buildout after Democrats win Congress; Hut 8 drops 23%, IREN 11%, Core Scientific 10%, Applied Digital 7% (Reuters)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-04 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/data-center-shares-fall-as-investors-expect-slower-ai-buildout-after-f58c3550

Reuters : Data center shares fall as investors expect slower AI buildout after Democrats win Congress; Hut 8 drops 23%, IREN 11%, Core Scientific 10%, Applied Digital 7% — Wall Street closed sharply higher on Wednesday as Democrats' sweeping midterm election victory eased political uncertainty …

In this story: [AI Data Centers](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-data-centers)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261104/p55#a261104p55)

## On Bluesky

- [Upstract (@upstract.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/upstract.com/post/3mzjkvt6np62x) (Nov 4, 2026): Data Center Stocks Slide as Investors Anticipate Slower AI Buildout — Shares of major data center companies fell after Democrats won control of Congress, as investors anticipated a slower pace of AI infrastructure expansion. Hut 8 dropped 23 percent, while IREN and Core Scientific also…

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