Data centers becoming big issue for candidates across Connecticut
In Fenwick, Middlesex County (CT), Middlesex County Board of Commissioners and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.
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Data centers becoming big issue for candidates across Connecticut
Middlesex County Board of Commissioners · June 15, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 0:20 Middlesex County Board of Commissioners Officials and Speakers Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid Water
Officials and speakers in Fenwick, CT address municipal data center zoning, grid capacity, and community impacts.
"DATA CENTERS IN CONNECTICUT. NEWS 8 CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MIKE CERULLI IS LIVE IN MONTVILLE WITH THE DETAILS. THERE ARE TWO THINGS HAPPENING HERE. THE FIRST IS THAT PUSH...TO STOP ANY LARGE DATA CENTERS FROM COMING INTO OUR STATE. THE SECOND IS A DEMOCRATIC PARTY TRYING TO EXPAND IT'S STATE SENATE MAJORITY TO A HISTORIC LEVEL. Joe de la Cruz// (D) Candidate for State Senate "Let us see how much energy it's gonna use, what the technology's gonna look like even 10 years"
- Clip 2 · 0:51 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Community members and local officials in Fenwick, CT weigh water supply, electricity rates, and neighborhood buffer rules.
"SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BOB DUFF...VOWING TO PASS A STATEWIDE MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION DURING NEXT YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE DEBATE OVER DATA CENTERS...AND THE RESOURCES THEY CONSUME...IS A WHITE HOT ISSUE...INVOKED BY MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES IN CAMPAIGNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DE LA CRUZ IS ATTEMPTING TO FLIP A DISTRICT ON THE SHORELINE...ONE OF 11 G O P SEATS IN THE 36 MEMBER SENATE. DUFF...CHARGED THAT HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE OPPOSITE PARTY ARE FALLING IN BEHIND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PRO DATA CENTER STATEMENTS. State Sen. Bob Duff// (D) Majority Leader"
- Clip 3 · 2:07 Middlesex County Board of Commissioners Member Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid Water
Middlesex County Board of Commissioners members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.
""Joe de la Cruz, as the next state senator, will be one who will vote 'yes' on a moratorium. The current senator will be one who will vote 'no' on that." -butted- Mike "Senator Duff said that you would vote against a data center moratorium at the statewide level. Is that true?" State Sen. Heather Somers// (R) Candidate for State Senate "That's funny 'cause Senator Duff's never asked me about that. First of all, we'd have to see the bill. But second of all, I don't think that Hartford should be telling individual towns what they should have and what they shouldn't have.""
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