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Data Center Signal is tracking 2 clips about Arista Networks data center developments across 2 states, including NC, PA.

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News Clip930 WFMD Free Talk·NC

Inside GOP Senate hopeful’s financial ties to controversial data center boom

Michael Whatley, a U.S. Senate nominee in North Carolina, has significant energy investments tied to companies that support the state's data center industry, raising potential conflict of interest questions. His campaign advocates for local community control over data center projects and for data centers to fully fund their own energy infrastructure costs. The article also contrasts his views with his opponent, Roy Cooper, who supports local moratoriums and argues data centers should not burden residential ratepayers.

zoning electricity government opposition moratorium

Apple

9/23/2026

News ClipBroad + Liberty·Falls Township, Bucks County, PA

Garrity calls on Shapiro to return $5.7M in data center-related donations

Republican gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity has called on Governor Josh Shapiro to return $5.7 million in campaign donations from entities linked to the AI data center industry, accusing him of a policy reversal under political pressure. Garrity criticized Shapiro's executive order on data center development as insincere and proposed her own stricter regulations, including a pause on new projects. Shapiro's campaign dismissed Garrity's accusations, defending his efforts to regulate data center development.

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Amazon

8/21/2026