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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform, with a bias spread of just 0.5 points across all outlets. Most headlines treated data centers as a straightforward emerging political and community concern, using neutral, factual framing — as seen in outlets like Newsweek ("Map Reveals States Where Data Center Projects Were Hidden Behind NDAs") and NeutralNews ("Data Centers Become a Campaign Issue Heading Into the Midterms"). The modest left-leaning edge came from NBC, whose headline — "As Trump pushes for data centers, voters in key midterm races say they don't want them" — introduced a specific political actor and emphasized voter opposition, giving the story a populist cast. The Daily Caller's focus on small-town water resources ("The Data Center Boom Is Coming For Small-Town Water") carried a slightly more alarming tone but without partisan signals. The narrow spread suggests the story's framing was driven more by angle and emphasis than by ideological orientation.