# ‘Like being hit between the eyes with a sledgehammer’: Meet the one town in America that defied election trends and voted in favor of data centers

- Source: Fortune | FORTUNE
- Published: 2026-11-07T10:19:00+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/11/07/harwood-north-dakota-data-center-ballot-measure-midterm-elections-2026/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/like-being-hit-between-the-eyes-with-a-sledgehammer-meet-the-one-town--dea803/

Harwood, North Dakota residents voted against an initiative calling for a slowdown in industrial developments like AI data centers.

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