Data center developers should have known how much Americans love their land
The data center backlash is intensifying. In fact, more Americans now oppose data centers than fear AI. This is true even though tech companies have plausible defenses to much of the backlash. Data centers, for example, use far less water than the nation’s golf courses. There is little evidence so far that they significantly raise…
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