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Politicians feel pressure from Americans angry about data centers…

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From Maryland to Texas, residents fighting data centers tell us the same thing: “It doesn't matter what side of the aisle you're on. It's coming for all of us. And if we don't all wake up and work together, we're lost.”

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  1. City Journal

    The Left’s Latest Rallying Cry: Data Centers (opens City Journal)

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    Activists groups are trying to disrupt them.

  2. The Real News Network

    Data centers are not a ‘red state’ or ‘blue state’ problem; they’re a working-class problem (opens The Real News Network)

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    From Maryland to Texas, residents fighting data centers tell us the same thing: “It doesn't matter what side of the aisle you're on. It's coming for all of us. And if we don't all wake up and work together, we're lost.”

  3. National Review

    Is the Data Center Backlash Real? (opens National Review)

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    It’s certainly not manifesting in measurable consequences for the politicians who support the projects.

  4. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    Data centers are powering America's competitive edge (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    America is in the middle of an infrastructure race that will determine whether we remain the world's technological leader or surrender that position to our global competitors. At the center of that race are data centers — the digital infrastructure…

  5. American Greatness

    The New American Industrial Revolution Runs on Data Centers (opens American Greatness)

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    American technological infrastructure is the building block for our modern lives. Data centers are not some side issue or a fringe zoning dispute; they account […] Source

  6. Washington Examiner

    War on data centers a front in vital fight for AI (opens Washington Examiner)

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    It’s no surprise that politicians and activists on the Left vigorously oppose data centers, the massive, low-slung buildings housing the advanced computer chips that are powering the artificial intelligence revolution.

  7. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Americans are angry about data centers. Politicians are feeling the pressure (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    SALINE TOWNSHIP, Michigan — From Michigan Avenue, Saline Township looks like any other farming community, with its corn and soybean fields, silos and grain elevators.

  8. Revolver News

  9. Anchorage Daily News

    Data centers have united Americans of both parties in a shared hatred (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Data centers have become a lightning rod for people’s frustrations over corporate power, public trust and the costs of the AI boom.

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