President Donald Trump said in a Monday Truth Social post that communities opposing data centers will end up 'backwards and poor,' warning that killing the 'Golden Goose' would please China. His comme…
President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post on August 31, 2026, that U.S. communities blocking data centers will become 'backwards and poor,' as a Gallup survey found 71% of Americans oppose …
A May Gallup poll found seven in 10 Americans oppose data center construction in their communities, and California lawmakers are advancing seven bills to regulate the facilities amid a lobbying push l…
A Gallup poll published in May found that an average of 7 in 10 Americans oppose data center construction in their area, including 48% who strongly oppose such facilities being built locally, as data …
X, formerly Twitter, identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 inauthentic Chinese accounts involved in influence operations, with 200 accounts posting content that could manipulate the U.S. deba…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro both pivoted against data center development in the same week, with Abbott saying the industry 'dug their own grave' and Shapiro signi…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted in a Time interview that 'Clearly, people hate data centers—right now, at least,' as public backlash grows against the facilities powering the AI boom, with 70% of Ameri…
A Gallup survey in May found that 71 percent of Americans oppose new data centers in their communities, with 48 percent strongly opposed, exceeding peak opposition to nuclear power plants at 63 percen…
Bipartisan opposition to AI data centers has become a major political issue ahead of the November 2026 US midterm elections, with 57% to 71% of Americans opposing new local data center construction, a…
More than 550 U.S. jurisdictions have enacted moratoriums or bans on new data center construction, up from roughly 300 in late June 2026, and 75 projects worth about $130 billion were blocked or delay…
Gallup polling shows 71% of Americans opposed an AI data center near them by March 2026, up from 47% in late 2025, making data centers less popular than nuclear power plants, which 53% oppose. At leas…
A Gallup poll from March found that 71 percent of Americans oppose building AI data centers in their area, with opposition spanning 75 percent of Democrats, 74 percent of independents, and 63 percent …
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei's repeated emphasis on AI safety may be undermining public trust, according to a Fortune analysis that compares his approach to the airline industry's histori…
A 2026 Pew survey found 52% of US adults are more concerned than excited about AI, up from 37% in 2021, and 55% of adults under 30 said the same in June 2026, the first majority in that age group. Exp…
Anthropic is preparing to list 'public hatred of AI' as a major risk factor in its IPO filing, citing a Gallup survey showing roughly 70% of Americans oppose new AI data centers in their local areas. …
Seven in ten Americans oppose constructing data centers for AI in their local area, according to a Gallup poll, as data centers become a pivotal election issue. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has …
High school students, including 17-year-old Sadie Cisneros of Pittsburg, California, are mobilizing against AI data centers, citing environmental and health concerns, with Cisneros speaking at a City …
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said AI data centers deserve the backlash they are receiving, telling ABC's 'This Week' that they 'basically dug their own grave.' A Gallup survey found 70% of Americans oppose …
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…