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Topic: local-politics

A technician working on a server rack in a data center (file photograph)
Technology
Friday, 7/3, 10:32 PM

Data centers are becoming a ballot-box issue as towns push back against the AI build-out

  • The vast data centers powering the artificial-intelligence boom are colliding with local politics across the United States.
  • From Missouri to Utah, residents worried about electricity and water costs, noise and land use have voted out — and in some cases moved to recall — the officials who approved the projects, turning the AI build-out into an unexpected electoral force.

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