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<p>They don’t cut cleanly along party lines, but data centers, and where they get built, became an election issue in Virginia. With so many more data centers to build, are we looking at a new trend? </p><p>Guest: <a href="https://wamu.org/person/margaret-barthel/"><u>Margaret Barthel</u></a>, reporter covering northern Virginia for WAMU. </p><p>Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href="http://slate.com/whatnextplus"><u> slate.com/whatnextplus</u></a><u> </u>to get access wherever you listen.</p><p>Podcast production by Evan Campbell, and Patrick Fort.</p><p> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>