Dem Senate hopeful pivots on data centers as rising power costs collide with campaign

Despite having once applauded the growth of data centers during his tenure as North Carolina governor, Democratic Senate nominee Roy Cooper is now pitching voters with ways to reel in their expansion as he wages a bid for U.S. Senate. He has framed his stance as a part of his "make stuff cost less" campaign . "We need to make sure data centers pay for their own power and we need to encourage them to build their own energy sources because right now that’s causing rates to go up for consumers and