AI Data Center Backlash Hit 142 Protests in 42 States, and Only 14% Want One Nearby
A national day of protest put 142 anti-data-center demonstrations across 42 states on Saturday, and a Reuters/Ipsos poll found only 14% of Americans would welcome one in their community.
The revolt against AI server farms went fully national on Saturday, with organizers staging 142 demonstrations across 42 states in a single coordinated day of protest. The coalition ran from Tea Party conservatives to left-leaning activists in the Imperial Valley, united by one number: a June Reuters/Ipsos survey found only 14 percent of Americans would support a data center in their own community. Morgan Stanley pegged the value of cancelled or delayed projects at roughly $286 billion across 2025 and early 2026, so the anger is landing on balance sheets and not only on lawns. When the pro-AI crowd and the anti-ICE crowd show up to picket the same concrete slab, the industry has managed the rare feat of uniting a country that agrees on nothing. Reuters coverage via ZeroHedge
Source: ZeroHedge citing Reuters
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