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Bipartisan Backlash Grows Against Fast-Tracked Data Centers
Residents, farmers and officials say the projects could strain water supplies and reshape land use, with 60% of Republicans opposing local data centers, a July poll found.
- According to a July Fox News poll, data center development faces growing bipartisan opposition, with 60% of Republicans and 53% of MAGA voters opposing local construction across diverse regions.
- Mounting concerns over dwindling water supplies and land consumption drive the resistance, as New Mexico's largest reservoir stands at 1.3% capacity, lows unseen since the early 1970s.
- Large-Scale developments like Oracle's $165 billion Project Jupiter in New Mexico face scrutiny despite promises of $4.7 billion in taxes and more than 7,000 construction jobs.
- Local farmers and activists, including Republican candidate Samantha Barncastle Salopek, running for the Ana County Commission, express concerns, with Salopek stating, 'This is about the local community coming together.'
- President Trump argues data centers provide 'jobs and lots of money and lower taxes,' while Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered a one-year ban on large data centers.
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In a divided America, left and right unite to oppose artificial intelligence data centers
Protesters gather outside the New Mexico Environment Department to voice opposition to the Project Jupiter data center during a demonstration in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, Aug. 21, 2026.
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In a divided America, left and right unite to oppose AI data centers
In the small Nebraska village of Murdock, now-paused plans for two potential data centers have sparked the kinds of debates that have raged in cities and towns across the country — and often cut across ideological lines
·New York, United States
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In a divided America, the left and right unite to oppose artificial intelligence data centers
In rural eastern Nebraska, a technology revolution could rise from fields of corn and soybean in the form of new data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom.
·New York, United States
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