A growing populist revolt against data centers and AI has led to 274 bans, rejections, restrictions, or moratoriums in the U.S. in the first seven months of 2026, compared to 49 in all of 2025 and nin…
Country music legend Willie Nelson, who once protested the Keystone XL pipeline and fracking, is now opposing data centers, reflecting how AI infrastructure politics are echoing fossil-fuel fights. Ne…
Willie Nelson, 93, urged Americans to fight data centers invading rural Texas farmland, citing light pollution and water theft. The country music legend warned against losing control of food and water…
Willie Nelson criticized AI data center construction near his hometown of Abbott, Texas, in an Instagram post on Tuesday, calling the facilities 'loud, water thieving, light polluting' and urging rura…
Willie Nelson, the 93-year-old country icon and Farm Aid co-founder, published an open letter Tuesday opposing AI data centers proposed near his hometown of Abbott, Texas, calling them 'loud, water th…
Country music legend Willie Nelson, 93, has publicly opposed the construction of AI data centers near his tiny Texas hometown of Abbott, calling them 'water-thieving' and 'invading' rural land in a so…