By Melissa Garriga
Across the country, resistance to data centers is rising even as plans are steadily being made to build new ones. According to the Pew Research Center, a majority of new data centers — 67 percent — are being built in rural areas. And three-quarters of those are in Midwestern and Southern towns. The negative effects do not go unnoticed in these communities. A new data center in Southaven, Mississippi, for example, is reported…
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