An examination of over 10,000 public comments indicates that opponents outnumber supporters six to one even when advocates show up to municipal forums. Water consumption stands out as the primary environmental anxiety, alongside widespread doubts regarding corporate promises and official transparency. Furthermore, Big Tech entities face 4.3 times more scrutiny from local residents than dedicated artificial intelligence labs. While political parties reject these projects at equal rates, their specific grievances split between land preservation and climate equity.
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Organized labor represents the only demographic group that consistently advocates in favo…: Organized labor represents the only demographic group that consistently advocates in favor of building data center projects.
Heavily Democratic and heavily Republican counties voice opposition to incoming data cent…: Heavily Democratic and heavily Republican counties voice opposition to incoming data centers at identical rates despite citing different underlying motivations.
Skepticism over excessive water consumption serves as the leading concern voiced by commu…: Skepticism over excessive water consumption serves as the leading concern voiced by community members facing proposed developments.
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America hates data centers.
Public comments don't always match America's true sentiment, but our nation is clearly at a fever pitch of data center opposition.
73% of meetings had 0 data center supporters.
Even isolating for only meetings with any supporters, they were outnumbered 6:1.
Water use was the #1 concern.
88% of comments raise multiple concerns.
Distrust and transparency frequently come up.
Accusations of corruption also frequently occur, but are overwhelmingly false.
Americans are skeptical about the offered community benefits.
Many stated that they don't believe the proposed benefits will end up arriving.
Big Tech is called out 4.3x more than the AI labs.
Comments naming each company. An AI lab's bar counts the lab or its founder, and in a lighter shade, comments that name only its chatbot.
Elon was mentioned as often as Altman, Thiel, Zuck, Bezos, Gates, and O'Leary combined.
Highest net worth: Elon Musk. Lowest: Kevin O'Leary or Mustafa Suleyman.
AI isn't the leading concern in comments.
Surprisingly, 4/5 comments don't mention AI at all.
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