Many US rural communities oppose adding AI infrastructure; Pew says 67% of planned data centers are rural, while 87% of existing data centers are in urban areas
Many rural communities are viscerally opposed to AI infrastructure, putting them at odds with the White House In Tazewell County …
Developers want to build 51 data warehouses, each the size of a Walmart Supercenter, in a Pennsylvania town of just 7,000. — And they are refusing to tell the community what technology firms will occupy the buildings. — Is it any wonder why a nationwide backlash against AI da…
Developers plan to build 6 sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pa, covering about 14% of the town's land: “The area is attractive because it sits near the nuclear-powered, 500-kilovolt Susquehanna-Roseland power line that slices through the count” https://www.washingtonpo…
People from a range of backgrounds are pushing back against AI, concerned that tech companies are more focused on profit than on how AI might affect regular people: “They want regulation — or at least a debate before AI becomes entrenched in American life.” www.nytimes.com/2026/0…