Data Centers as a National Political Flashpoint
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WIRED’s Molly Taft traces a sweeping, cross‑ideological backlash against data centers—those power-hungry hubs fueling AI—showing how environmental worries, fears about automation, and populist sentiment have fused into a national debate from Georgia protests to statewide bans, corporate outreach, and the rise (and split) of the ‘Humans First’ movement, revealing unexpected bipartisan dynamics shaping AI and energy policy.
- How Data Centers Broke American Politics WIRED
- Opinion | The A.I. Giants Weren’t Prepared for This The New York Times
- Data centers have a politics problem — and industry knows it Politico
- America's data centre protest reaches London, with some residents calling it, 'a crisis for the future' The Times of India
- The Elephant in the Desert The University of Utah
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