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title: "US voters in Harwood, North Dakota rejected a ballot measure that opposed Applied Digital's $3B data center, set to open in 2027, bucking a nationwide backlash (Miriam Waldvogel/Washington Post)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/us-voters-in-harwood-north-dakota-rejected-a-ballot-measure-that-146d2127
published: 2026-11-09T11:50:00.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# US voters in Harwood, North Dakota rejected a ballot measure that opposed Applied Digital's $3B data center, set to open in 2027, bucking a nationwide backlash (Miriam Waldvogel/Washington Post)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-09 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/us-voters-in-harwood-north-dakota-rejected-a-ballot-measure-that-146d2127

Miriam Waldvogel / Washington Post : US voters in Harwood, North Dakota rejected a ballot measure that opposed Applied Digital's $3B data center, set to open in 2027, bucking a nationwide backlash — On Election Day, much of the country turned against the massive projects that power AI. Here's why one place didn't. — SummaryLoading...

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261109/p17#a261109p17)

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