Datacenter Backlash Brings the Entire Political Spectrum Together – Against the Big Tech Billionaires

Data Center Backlash Unites Left and Right Against Big Tech Expansion

A growing revolt against sprawling data centers is bringing together Americans who rarely agree on anything else. In small towns from Indiana to across the country, conservative and progressive residents alike are finding common cause in opposing the massive computing facilities being built to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing. In Monrovia, Indiana, a rural […] The post Data Center Backlash Unites Left and Right Against Big Tech …

Datacenter backlash brings the entire political spectrum together – against the big tech billionaires

Aaron Regunberg writes: Bryce Gustafson has been knocking on doors in Indiana for more than a decade. The lead organizer with Citizens Action Coalition (CAC), a consumer and environmental organization, he usually encounters a mix of reactions when he’s out canvassing; whatever issue he’s talking about, there’s always at least a few people on the other side. But at a recent festival in the rural town of Monrovia, Indiana, he was struck by an unus…

Hyperscale Datacenter Backlash Unites Conservatives And Progressives » Saipien

The datacenter backlash that’s uniting conservatives and progressives Imagine a proposed 550‑acre Google datacenter on a patch of farmland outside a town of roughly 1, 600 people. County meetings reveal opaque negotiations, local officials bound by nondisclosure agreements, talk of new power hookups and transmission lines, and promises of a short construction boom followed by […]