I’ve been visiting large AI data center projects in rural and industrial communities in the Midwest, Southeast and West, and I have found that two things can be true at the same time: AI data centers have drawbacks but are better for communities than their residents think, and those communities ...

New polling suggests opposition to data centers is less about backyard fights and more about a broader backlash against AI.

I’ve been visiting large AI data center projects in rural and industrial communities in the Midwest, Southeast and West, and I have found that two things can be true at the same…

Data center opposition—and the AI backlash in general—is more about anxiety towards the future than experience in the present.