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The Backlash Against A.I. Data Centers
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Marina Bolotnikova, senior reporter for Vox's Future Perfect section, discusses her reporting on the national, citizen-led revolt against artificial intelligence data centers and how she thinks the backlash is a symptom of the failure of lawmakers to act and create meaningful guardrails against A.I. companies.
Photo: MOUNT CARMEL, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2026/06/23: A yard sign opposing a planned data center is displayed along Route 54 in Mount Carmel Township Northumberland County. In Mount Carmel Township, grassroots opposition has surged as residents display yard signs and demand a multi-year moratorium to protect their community from a massive proposed AI data center campus. The local resistance is driven by severe concerns over potential noise pollution, the industrialization of local land, and a massive strain on the power grid and water supply that could trigger utility rate hikes and local rationing. (Photo by Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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