President Donald Trump defended AI data center development on Truth Social, warning that communities opposing the projects risk becoming 'backwards and poor' and ceding ground to China in the AI race.…
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…
A Heatmap poll on data center backlash has sparked debate, with commentators attributing it to various causes, but the author argues it is primarily about data centers themselves rather than broader i…
Bill McKibben, in an August 21 blog post, called the data center buildout an 'environmental plague,' citing a Bloomberg New Energy analysis that planned data centers will increase U.S. electricity sec…
A new Heatmap poll shows 75% of Americans would oppose a data center built near their home, a 33-point swing in one year, as data centers become a symbol for anxieties about AI's societal impact. The …
Opposition to nearby AI data centers has surged from 42% to 71% in less than a year, according to polling from Heatmap, the energy and climate publication. The backlash, fastest in American politics, …
A Heatmap poll found that American support for local data centers collapsed from 43% in August 2025 to 21% by spring 2026, while opposition surged from 42% to 71%. The shift, described by the New York…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order Tuesday imposing a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale AI datacenters exceeding 50 megawatts, making New York the first U.S. state to enact s…
A new study by risk-analytics firm XDI Pty Ltd finds that about 6% of nearly 3,000 planned data centers worldwide are in high-risk areas for extreme weather, potentially making them uninsurable. The r…
Right-wing officials and data center investors are claiming that Chinese government influence is fueling opposition to data center development in the US, though experts say there is no evidence of org…
A new survey shows 71% of Americans would oppose a data center built near their homes, a dramatic 49-point swing in public sentiment against the projects in just nine months. The backlash, driven by g…