A bipartisan backlash against data centers, driven by concerns over noise, resources, and electricity costs, has intensified, with 52 lawsuits filed in the U.S. and 211 active moratoria tracked by Int…
Opposition to new local AI data centers reached 71% in a March Gallup survey and 61% in a June-July Annenberg survey, with majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents opposed, reshaping 2026…
75 percent of Americans now oppose building a data center near them, up from 42 percent a year ago, according to a Heatmap News survey. The survey, which asked the same question repeatedly over the pa…
A Gallup survey found that 70% of Americans oppose data centers in their communities, prompting President Donald Trump to suggest the industry needs public relations help and venture capitalist Chamat…
President Trump said he would "absolutely" want a data center in his community, defending the infrastructure amid widespread local opposition, according to a New York Post opinion piece. The article c…
A Kentucky family rejected roughly $26 million from an unnamed Fortune 100 company for half of their 1,200-acre farm in Mason County to build an AI data center, joining a lawsuit to block the project.…
An internal memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) reveals that Republicans in Ohio are asking big tech companies to help improve the public image of AI data centers to boost Se…
In Q1 2026, at least 75 US data center projects valued at around $130 billion faced significant local opposition, more than double the $64 billion delayed or canceled in all of 2025, according to a re…
A Gallup poll found that 70% of Americans oppose AI data center construction in their local area, with 39% of Republicans strongly opposed, creating a political liability for GOP incumbents ahead of t…
On July 18, 142 protests were held across 42 U.S. states against data center development, part of a movement that has led 183 U.S. towns to enact moratoriums or bans, according to the U.S. Data Center…
Retired Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce stars in a humorous new ad for Liquid Death and Garage Beer, proposing that public donations of urine could cool AI data centers, which reportedly consume …
A March 2026 Gallup survey found that 71% of Americans oppose the construction of an AI data center in their area, and a June 2026 Reuters/Ipsos poll put local opposition at 57%, as community backlash…
Liquid Death and Garage Beer launched the 'We Want Your Pee' campaign, featuring former NFL player Jason Kelce, urging Americans to mail their urine to data centers to help cool AI servers without usi…
Israel's Foreign Ministry has contracted U.S.-based firm Clock Tower, led by Brad Parscale, to run a public diplomacy campaign in the United States that includes influencing generative AI systems like…
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced a Data Center Bill of Rights that would give local governments authority to prohibit data centers in residential areas and within 2,500 feet of homes, schools, chi…
More than half of U.S. employees now use artificial intelligence at work, with 51% using it for writing and editing, according to Gallup, and AI agents are increasingly communicating on behalf of huma…
A new CESifo experiment tracking 12,365 French adults over four weeks found that those who held personal conversations with AI chatbots rated the interactions as more enjoyable than a control group bu…
The US adult obesity rate fell to 36.4 percent in 2026, down from a peak of 39.9 percent in 2022, according to a Gallup report, while the share of adults taking GLP-1 drugs for weight loss rose from 3…
An Ipsos poll cited in Stanford University's 2025 AI Index Report found that 83% of Chinese respondents believe AI products and services deliver more benefits than drawbacks, compared to only 39% of A…
A new Gallup poll finds confidence in higher education has declined across both parties and all education levels, with only 19% of degree holders saying it was a good time to find a quality job at the…