The data center industry's PR blitz is backfiring

The data center industry’s PR blitz is backfiring

In an effort to counter souring public sentiment, a group called North Carolina Connects has been running ads on TV, radio, and social media promoting data centers.

The data center industry's PR blitz is backfiring

An Amazon data center is under construction in rural Hamlet, N.C. (Courtesy of Larry Baldwin/NC Environmental Advocacy Corps)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. HENDERSON, N.C.—On a recent summer evening Mitzi Parrott, who lives in Vance County, saw a television commercial on the evening news that g…

Alabama Reflector: The data center industry’s PR blitz is backfiring

Alabama Reflector: The data center industry’s PR blitz is backfiring. “The public relations push isn’t working, said Jeremy Solomon, president and founder of Learnewable. His company uses AI to analyze government ordinances, moratoria and public comments about data centers, renewable energy and electric transmission projects in each of the nation’s 3,144 counties. Nationwide, approximately one in seven counties now has some form of restriction, …