Stunning losses on Wall Street as S&P 500, Nasdaq see biggest market cap drops ever in wake of midterms

S&P 500 firms shed $2.9 million in market value and Nasdaq companies lost $2.5 trillion – both single-day records – on Thursday as investors panicked over a looming data-center reckoning in the wake of Democrats’ midterm sweep.

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