Communities Told AI to Shove $130 Billion in Server Farms
Opposition groups swelled to 833 across 49 states in a single quarter.
The numbers land like a chair through a plate-glass window: opponents blocked or delayed roughly $130 billion in data-center projects in a single quarter, the biggest haul on record, while organized resistance groups swelled to 833 across 49 states. Your f*ucking AI rolled into the neighborhood expecting a ticker-tape parade and walked out holding a restraining order. The movement now keeps its body count in canceled blueprints. NBC News reports the figures .
Source: NBC News (citing Data Center Watch) · NBC News
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