There is no hotter debate unfolding across rural America than the expansion of data center infrastructure. Here in Texas, I have been hearing from folks who are raising legitimate concerns about water use, electricity demand, landowner rights, and whether massive Big Tech companies can be trusted to operate responsibly. I understand those concerns because I share many of them myself.The scale and coordination of the rural backlash against data centers is impossible to ignore. The passion is real, and the movement has become increasingly bipartisan, drawing support from both conservatives and liberals alike. The result is a growing wave of opposition that is beginning to stop many of these projects before they ever get off the ground, with calls for moratoriums across the nation.Typically, if both sides of the aisle can see eye to eye on a single issue, this is a sign that it may be a just cause. But is it?
DATA CENTERS COULD HELP YOUNG AMERICANS OWN A HOME
For decades, radical environmentalists and far-left activists have fought pipelines, power plants, transmission lines, and American energy production. They claim we are running out of oil. They say fossil fuels will destroy civilization. They argue that economic growth, technological advancement, and capitalism itself are the problems.
