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Data centres and midterms
The Economist's line chart drew 19.5K views on X: 0.3x its typical post and #16 of 16 The Economist charts we track by views. Read Oct 14, 2026.
Relatively few Americans live near a data centre. But the voters who do could make a decisive impact on the midterm elections. Our charts illustrate why:
Relatively few Americans live near a data centre. But the voters who do could make a decisive impact on the midterm elections. Our charts illustrate why:
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19,529 views, 12 likes, 3 reposts and 2 saves on X, read Oct 14, 2026. A normal post from @TheEconomist gets about 58.7K views.
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