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title: "Weekly: 9.26.26"
description: "Weekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ From our research The share of Americans who say they would be uncomfortable with a new data center in their area."
date: "2026-09-25"
authors:
  - name: "Anna Jackson"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/newsletter/weekly-roundup/weekly-9-26-26/"
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# Weekly: 9.26.26

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September 25, 2026

## Weekly Roundup

*The latest findings from Pew Research Center · [**Subscribe ↗**](https://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&id=3e953b9b70)*

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- **Also read:** [Most new data centers in the U.S. are coming to rural areas](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/04/13/most-new-data-centers-in-the-us-are-coming-to-rural-areas/)

- **More in this report:** [Lifelong members, former members and converts](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/09/22/lifelong-latter-day-saints-are-more-religious-than-both-former-members-and-converts/) | [Religiousness among Latter-day Saints](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/09/22/latter-day-saints-are-highly-religious-though-not-uniformly-so/) | [Partisanship and social views](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/09/22/latter-day-saints-largely-identify-as-republican-but-stand-out-from-their-partisan-peers-on-diversity-issues/) | [Family life and gender roles](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/09/22/latter-day-saints-happy-in-their-family-lives-traditional-in-gender-roles/) | [Communal ties and social trust](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/09/22/latter-day-saints-have-strong-communal-ties-and-high-social-trust/)

- **From June:** [How Americans view the AI race between China and the U.S.](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/23/what-americans-think-about-the-global-ai-race/)

- [What we know about the typical Polymarket user](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/22/what-we-know-about-the-typical-polymarket-user/)

- [More than half of states restrict betting on elections](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/06/23/more-than-half-of-states-restrict-betting-on-elections/)

## [How Brazilians view their country ahead of 2026 elections](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/09/22/how-brazilians-view-their-country-ahead-of-2026-elections/)

#### From our research

[60%](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/09/22/americans-views-of-data-centers-have-turned-more-negative/#a-majority-of-americans-would-be-uncomfortable-with-a-new-local-data-center)

The share of Americans who say they would be [uncomfortable](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/09/22/americans-views-of-data-centers-have-turned-more-negative/#a-majority-of-americans-would-be-uncomfortable-with-a-new-local-data-center) with a new data center in their area.