{"slug": "some-countries-court-data-centers-as-communities-push-back", "title": "Some Countries Court Data Centers As Communities Push Back", "summary": "Lithuania and other countries are courting AI data center investment as communities elsewhere push back against the facilities, according to Forbes contributor Ron Schmelzer. The countries are betting on power, policy and sovereignty to win the AI compute race.", "body_md": "# Some Countries Court Data Centers As Communities Push Back\n\nBy Ron Schmelzer, ContributorSource: \n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)\nAs AI data centers spark backlash elsewhere, countries like Lithuania are rolling out the welcome mat, betting power, policy and sovereignty can win the AI \n\n[compute](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/compute)race.\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/some-countries-court-data-centers-as-communities-push-back", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/some-countries-court-data-centers-as-communities-push-back-ajo9", "published_at": "2026-09-17 11:41:59+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-17 12:53:48.046866+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Lithuania", "Forbes", "Ron Schmelzer"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/some-countries-court-data-centers-as-communities-push-back", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/some-countries-court-data-centers-as-communities-push-back.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/some-countries-court-data-centers-as-communities-push-back.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/some-countries-court-data-centers-as-communities-push-back.jsonld"}}