5:47 AM ET · Nov 5

Meta says building US data centers will be 'harder' after the midterms

Meta Platforms President Dina Powell McCormick said at The Wall Street Journal's Tech Live conference that getting new data centers built in the U.S. is "going to be harder" after the midterms, pointing to data-center opposition in campaign ads and exit polls. She said expanding existing facilities should be easier and that every hyperscaler is now asking whether it needs to build outside the United States as AI demand climbs.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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In Meta's first public comments since the election, President Dina Powell McCormick said the midterm results will make building data centers harder and that the company will have an easier time expanding existing data centers.
— Meghan Bobrowsky (@MeghanBobrowsky) Nov 5, 2026

Meta President Says Midterm Results Will Make Building Data Centers Harder Speaking at the WSJ Tech conference, Dina Powell McCormick says the company is more optimistic about scaling up its existing data centers
— Giovanni Staunovo (@staunovo) Nov 5, 2026

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