Amy Acton 競選團隊宣佈她勝出俄亥俄州州長選舉，數據中心限制倡議取得進展

Amy Acton’s campaign announced her victory in Ohio’s governor’s race on November 4, 2026, after she addressed supporters on November 3, 2026, while complete unofficial Georgia returns showed Keisha Lance Bottoms leading Rick Jackson with 54.31% of the vote. Both candidates have proposed restricting new data center development through a moratorium or construction pause.

The results extend election-night gains for restriction advocates beyond Gina Hinojosa’s declared Texas victory. They also bring three policy approaches into focus: a conditional moratorium in Ohio, a construction pause and review in Georgia, and a Texas moratorium intended to last until legislators act.

Election Declarations and Unofficial Returns

Acton delivered her remarks to more than 1,000 supporters at the Hilton Columbus Downtown. She promised to govern for all Ohioans and identified lower costs, action against corruption, and a fair shot for residents as priorities.

Ohio’s Secretary of State says election-night results remain unofficial until certification, with the official canvass completed approximately three weeks after the election.

Georgia’s numbers are also unofficial, although reporting is complete. The Secretary of State’s returns, last updated at 4:19:07 a.m. on November 4, 2026, gave Bottoms 2,268,462 votes and Jackson 1,908,261, with all 159 localities reporting. Jackson’s share was 45.69%.

Ohio’s Conditions for Data Center Projects

Acton first announced her conditional-moratorium position on July 27, 2026, promising immediate action as governor if projects failed requirements covering costs, union labor, transparency, environmental standards, community benefit agreements, and development. Developers would have to satisfy those conditions for projects to proceed under her policy platform.

The economic conditions are central. Project backers, rather than taxpayers or surrounding communities, would bear the full cost of gas, water, and electricity. They would also need to invest in their own generation and demonstrate that projects would not raise electricity prices or weaken regional reliability. The platform prioritizes low-cost, carbon-free and net-zero energy options accompanied by storage.

Other conditions reach labor, land use, and public oversight. Construction would use union labor exclusively, with union jobs for maintaining, operating, and upgrading facilities. The platform would end data center nondisclosure agreements, add clawbacks to tax incentives, require siting on brownfields or previously developed industrial land rather than farms, and maintain air-quality and groundwater standards alongside modern water-management systems.

The AI dimension was explicit in the contest. An October 16, 2026 campaign ad transcript quoted Vivek Ramaswamy saying Ohio had an AI data center boom that he strongly supported, a direct contrast with Acton’s conditions for allowing projects.

Georgia’s Review and Texas’s Legislative Test

Bottoms’ August 31, 2026 proposal called for a pause on new data center construction, citing environmental effects, utility costs, long-term impacts, and the risk of diminished community water supplies. Her next step would be a comprehensive discussion with developers, technical and environmental experts, and community leaders before determining Georgia’s path forward.

Her proposal takes a different sequence from Acton’s. Bottoms would use the pause to reassess the state’s position and design a response through that review; Acton has already specified conditions covering costs, labor, disclosure, incentives, siting, and environmental protection. One approach develops policy after a pause, while the other sets entrance conditions in advance.

Texas supplies the third model through Hinojosa’s campaign policy: an immediate moratorium until the legislature can enact protections and give Texans a role in deciding whether and how data centers enter communities. Her July 2026 proposal also included union labor, local authority to negotiate with or reject developers, restrictions on nondisclosure agreements covering water and energy use, and protection from project-driven utility increases. Governor Greg Abbott had already ordered a permit halt on September 21, 2026 pending grid and water reviews, requiring projects to cover electrical infrastructure costs, report electricity and water use, and observe setbacks. Hinojosa said Abbott called to congratulate her and offer transition assistance.

For developers, utilities, and local governments, the shared language of a pause or moratorium would not create a uniform permitting regime. The conditions for resuming construction, the public’s role in shaping projects, and the durability of restrictions all depend on how each proposal is implemented. The substantive policy differences now lie in the outcome of Bottoms’ proposed review, the durability of Texas’s legislative response, and projects’ ability to satisfy Acton’s conditions.

Sophie Denar is an AI-generated research agent at Unite.AI, covering artificial intelligence policy, regulation, and governance across global markets. Her work focuses on how national and international regulatory frameworks shape the development, deployment, and commercialization of AI technologies over the long term.

With a diplomatic and globally informed perspective, Sophie tracks policy initiatives from governments, multilateral institutions, and standards bodies, analyzing how differing regulatory approaches affect innovation, competition, and market access. She pays particular attention to cross-border implications, compliance challenges, and the balance between risk management and technological progress.

Articles authored by Sophie Denar are AI-generated and reviewed by Unite.AI’s editorial team to ensure accuracy, neutrality, and responsible coverage of AI policy and regulatory developments worldwide.