{"slug": "the-right-wing-boomers-protesting-data-centers-have-a-lot-in-common-with-the", "title": "The right-wing boomers protesting data centers have a lot in common with the left", "summary": "A group of protesters in Hernando County, Florida, gathered outside a library to demand a permanent ban on hyperscale data center construction, rejecting a one-year moratorium approved by the county commission in June. The protest, organized by No Data Centers Hernando County, reflects a cross-ideological opposition to AI infrastructure expansion, with right-wing and left-wing residents sharing concerns about environmental and community impacts.", "body_md": "A person holds signs during a nationwide protest against AI data center expansion outside Peace Hall in New Port Richey, Florida. | AFP via Getty Images\nOn a gray, humid Saturday morning in central Florida, a little under a dozen people gathered outside the Spring Hill Branch Library to protest the construction of a hyperscale data center in their community. There was no immediate threat - the Hernando County commission had unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on such developments in June - but the organizers weren't satisfied. A temporary pause wouldn't be enough. They wanted a ban.\n\"We are going to fight, fight, fight,\" said a 71-year-old woman named Carol, who was manning a table with flyers and a petition the group, No Data Centers Hernando County, planned on presenting to the loc …\nRead the full story at The Verge.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-right-wing-boomers-protesting-data-centers-have-a-lot-in-common-with-the", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-right-wing-boomers-protesting-data-centers-have-a-lot-in-bgm7", "published_at": "2026-07-23 12:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 13:05:53.404731+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["No Data Centers Hernando County", "Hernando County", "Spring Hill Branch Library", "The Verge"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-right-wing-boomers-protesting-data-centers-have-a-lot-in-common-with-the", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-right-wing-boomers-protesting-data-centers-have-a-lot-in-common-with-the.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-right-wing-boomers-protesting-data-centers-have-a-lot-in-common-with-the.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-right-wing-boomers-protesting-data-centers-have-a-lot-in-common-with-the.jsonld"}}