Data centers are a big issue across the country. As midterms approach, many look to the swing state of Wisconsin for lessons for how that issue could play out nationally.

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SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:

In the center of the world...

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PFEIFFER: ...That's where all sorts of Wisconsinites told me we were yesterday as they watched the Brewers win game one of the World Series. One of those people was Kristi Draver (ph).

KRISTI DRAVER: Everybody knows it. Driving around Milwaukee, driving in from out of Milwaukee - everybody knows this is it, the center of the world, right here in Milwaukee.

PFEIFFER: And I'm in Milwaukee today, hosting this program from NPR member station WUWM. Wisconsin, along with its Brewers fame, is known for its pivotal role in U.S. politics because of its rust belt geography and its urban rural divides. The midterms are 10 days from now, and Wisconsin is front and center on a contentious national issue, data centers.…