A Gallup poll conducted in March 2026 found that 71% of American adults oppose building an AI data center near their home, with 48% strongly opposed. The opposition has triggered a wave of legislation…
Donald Trump criticized opponents of AI data centres, saying 'they want to end up being backwards and poor' and warning that killing the 'Golden Goose' would leave them to blame. In the first three mo…
A Heatmap Pro and Embold Research survey found that only 15% of Americans support a data center being built in their area, down from 43% a year earlier, while 75% now oppose it. Despite this backlash,…
A new poll by Embod Research and published by Heatmap Pro shows 75% of Americans now oppose building AI data centers in their area, up from 42% a year earlier, with opposition spanning all demographic…
A new survey from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center found that opposition to local data centers jumped 12 points in four months, from 49% in March to 61% in July, while a…
Grassroots opposition groups blocked or delayed 75 US data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, matching the total disruptions for all of 2025, according to a new report fr…
A new report from Data Center Watch reveals that grassroots activism disrupted 75 data center projects in the first quarter of 2026, valued at $130 billion, matching the total disruptions for all of 2…
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…