How data centres became the sleeper issue that could decide the US midterms

A year ago, a longtime US senator was not thinking much about data centres.

Now, according to one of his advisers, he is having regular meetings with staff to track their impact and working on new legislation aimed at curbing their rapid expansion across the country.

"This happens sometimes, something starts slow and then it goes fast", the senior policy adviser to the Democratic senator told the BBC. The person spoke on condition of anonymity as they are not permitted…