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Data center developers want to make it hard to track them: elected official
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Data center construction is booming, with many more planned for rural America. But there's also growing tension between economic development and community pushback.
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A growing share of Americans are using artificial intelligence while expressing skepticism about both the technology and the massive data centers being built to power it. Seventy-one percent of the public said the costs of data centers outweigh their benefits, compared with just 29% who said the ben…
Polls show data centers are widely hated. Chicago and other cities are working to slow the proliferation of high-tech centers. But the government body that oversees Cook County’s sewer system and manages stormwater sees data centers for artificial intelligence as an opportunity to pad its almost $2 …
In the United States, building a data center now polls roughly as well as abolishing the police. If current trends continue, server warehouses may soon be less popular with Americans than pizza topped with pineapple and shattered glass.
Data center construction is booming, with many more planned for rural America. But there's also growing tension between economic development and community pushback.
With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.
Spending on data centers, the backbone of the artificial intelligence industry, has reached new highs in 2026. In response to the infrastructure boom, opposition to the facilities has exploded this year, escalating from a niche local issue to a defining topic ahead of the November midterm elections.
Communities across America — rural and suburban, red and blue — have been embroiled in debates over data centers. A backlash has been brewing across the nation for months, and it’s reaching a tipping point.
A new poll on data centers shows that less than 10% of the country views the facilities as a top-three political issue. Just 7% of the 1,004 registered voters surveyed listed data centers as one of the three most important current political issues, while 12% listed artificial intelligence, according…
Fifty-eight percent of U.S. voters say the construction of new data centers by tech will mostly have a negative effect on the country. And 65% of voters oppose construction in their communities.
Data centers remain one of the most contentious political topics of the year, and much of the policy discussion around their construction has shifted from attracting them to managing their […]
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