There's a growing backlash against the construction of local data centers, which consume massive amounts of electricity for compute and water for cooling in order to power artificial intelligence.

Americans are so against the construction of artificial intelligence data centers in their local areas that they'd rather see a nuclear power plant built nearby, according to new polling data released ...

A new Gallup poll finds 71% of Americans oppose building AI data centers in their local communities, with nearly half strongly opposed. Environmental concerns — especially water and electricity ...

A Gallup poll showing roughly seven in 10 Americans oppose new AI data centers being built near their homes has turned a simmering local debate into a national political headache for hyperscalers and ...

State and local governments are under real pressure to move from experimentation to execution for artificial intelligence. Constituents expect faster services, more transparency and digital ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Growing questions surrounding two large-scale data centers being developed in the Little Rock metro area prompted the Little Rock Regional Chamber, local utilities, and city ...

Public opposition to data centers is hardening as overwhelming majorities of Americans now oppose construction of the facilities in their communities, according to a newly released Gallup survey. The ...

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When Isabelle Reksopuro from Oregon learned that Google was acquiring public land for its data centers in her state, she was initially skeptical. “There’s a lot of misinformation about data centers,” ...

The Google Local Service Ads account access tab has not been loading and working for advertisers for the past several days. There are numerous reports of it failing throughout the day and it has ...

Unswayed by neighborhood opposition, Statesville City Council unanimously approved a Texas developer’s planned data center Monday night on 330 acres of land previously used for farming in western ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Lots of noise and lots of heat, that's how to describe giant data centers and the debate over where to build them. Large tech companies are building huge buildings filled with ...