Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based maker of AI-powered license plate readers, plans to cut roughly 270 jobs, about 18% of its workforce, according to people with direct knowledge of the plans, with the c…
Build American AI, an advocacy group backed by pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign in Kansas, Ohio, and Wisconsin to counter public backlash against data ce…
A June Reuters/Ipsos poll found that only 14% of Americans would support a data center being built in their community, and on July 18, organizers held 142 protests across 42 states in the first nation…
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 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…
A June Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 57% of Americans would oppose a data center in their community, and 77% were concerned that the AI data center boom would raise electricity prices, as public conse…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul imposed a one-year moratorium on large new data centers drawing 50 megawatts or more, making New York the first US state to halt such construction. The freeze, enacted v…