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Community pushback from across the US and beyond is making some companies reconsider their data center buildout plans.
AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:
- E&E News: The data center boom — and its tax promises — run into rural resistance in North Carolina
- Fox 5 Atlanta: Douglas County data center sparks resident pushback
- Missouri Independent: Data center backlash spills into Missouri primaries as GOP candidates demand action
- The San Francisco Chronicle: Calistoga won’t pursue data center at fairgrounds after resident backlash
TeraWulf, the crypto mining company turned AI infrastructure provider, expects to earn $19 billion in revenue from the agreement, according to an announcement on Monday. The Hawesville, KY data center will come online with an “initial capacity” in the second half of 2027 before ramping up to 401 megawatts of power delivery in 2028.
[The Wall Street Journal]
AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:
- Government Technology: Oregon Tech, Policy Could Face Anti-Data Center Backlash
- Houston Chronicle: Greg Abbott calls for prohibition on data center construction in rural Texas neighborhoods
- Newsweek: ‘Cost Me the Election’: Data Centers Trigger Voter Backlash
- WBUR: Gov. Healey slams brakes on data center tax incentives
The company is weighing plans like selling access to AI models on its infrastructure or letting customers buy compute in a model similar to companies like CoreWeave, Bloomberg reports.
AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:
- 404 Media: ’We Will Fight to Our Very Last Breath:’ Township Leaders Vow to Fight Nuclear AI Data Center
- The Frontier: How data center developers won secrecy pledges from Oklahoma officials
- Harvest Public Media: As people protest data centers across the Heartland, lawmakers rush to regulate development
- NJ.com: A tiny N.J. borough approved a $1.8B AI data center — now its residents are fighting back
- Virginia Business: Virginia budget with data center tax moves to Spanberger’s desk
After speaking up for regulation on data centers, Seattle activists say they were called into meetings with HR.
AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:
- WPLN News: Nashville zoo’s data center pushback captures broad political support
- MPR News: At Minnesota Capitol, pushback from unions, industry halted new regulations on massive data centers
- Fox 7 Austin: Proposed data center in Taylor draws pushback from community
- KCRG: ‘We’re practically full’: Data center workers fill Eastern Iowa campgrounds
The Justice Department is trying to intervene and dismiss a case from the NAACP alleging xAI’s use of gas turbines in Mississippi are illegally polluting the air. Preventing xAI from using them would endanger national security, DOJ argues, because “Grok provides critical support for the Department of War’s military operations.”
While SpaceX plans satellite-based AI servers, Bloomberg reports it ran into trouble trying to develop and run Grok AI in Memphis, citing unnamed sources. They claim that deals renting capacity to Anthropic ($15 billion annually) and Google ($920 million per month) happened following hardware variation and lag issues:
Elon Musk’s company had planned to train its most cutting-edge AI models on a massive amount of computing power by using a cluster of three data center campuses. However, the firm encountered latency issues when connecting Colossus 1 with two other sites located more than 10 miles away, the people said, compounded by aging network infrastructure.
AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:
- Oklahoma’s News9.com: ‘Impeach Them:’ Luther residents voice outrage after data center meeting postponed
- The Oregonian: Hillsboro erupts over data centers: ‘I feel betrayed’
- Politico: Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal
- The Seattle Times: Seattle passes moratorium on new data centers amid national backlash
AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:
- The Wall Street Journal: America’s Data Center Build-Out Is Falling Way Behind Schedule
- CNBC: Stargate live updates: OpenAI’s Altman says ‘people are right to be anxious’ about AI
- WFLA News Channel 8: Lakeland AI data center proposal sparks online backlash
- The Tennessean: Nashville weighs restrictions on booming data center growth
AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:
- The New York Times: You Can’t Stop This Data Center, a Mom Was Told. She Won’t Quit.
- The Urbanist: Seattle Advances Data Center Moratorium, Amid Public Backlash
- ABC7 WWSB: Developers push massive data center complex in DeSoto County amid backlash
- TiffinOhio.net: Rural Ohio fights back against Ramaswamy’s plan to expand AI data centers
The environmental activist and former legal clerk who’s life was made into a movie in 2000 is also logging local complaints about data center projects in their communities. Brockovich writes:
“The RACE to build AI infrastructures is unfolding town by town across America. In some places, data centers are welcomed. In others, they are delayed, contested or abandoned altogether. This MAP captures the real-world footprint of that race — revealing patterns of growth, conflict and uncertainty.
[Brockovich Data Center Reporting]
I’m ashamed to say I did poorly — only three out of 10 correct — but I’m glad I took it, it’s an interesting quiz. Heads up that it might be behind a paywall, though.
Update: Noted the potential paywall.
[The Wall Street Journal]