The only town in the U.S. that said yes to data centers

Harwood, North Dakota, a town of about 845 people in Cass County, voted in favor of data centers during the recent election. The decision makes Harwood an outlier amid broader national opposition to large facilities supporting artificial intelligence.

The vote concerned a proposed $3 billion data center complex on the town’s outskirts. The planned development would span approximately 1.8 million square feet, although the available article text does not identify the project’s developer or operator.