{"id":213377,"date":"2026-05-13T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/ai-companies-are-thirsty-for-data-centers-but-americans-oppose-them-nearby\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:20:14","slug":"ai-companies-are-thirsty-for-data-centers-but-americans-oppose-them-nearby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/ai-companies-are-thirsty-for-data-centers-but-americans-oppose-them-nearby\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Companies Are Thirsty for Data Centers, but Americans Oppose Them Nearby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/gallup-poll-americans-dont-want-new-data-centers-near-them\/\">AI Companies Are Thirsty for Data Centers, but Americans Oppose Them Nearby<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/gallup-poll-americans-dont-want-new-data-centers-near-them\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/gallup-poll-americans-dont-want-new-data-centers-near-them\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-13 15:10:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Growing Public Opposition:<\/strong> There is significant opposition among Americans to the construction of new data centers in their local areas, according to a Gallup survey. Nearly 71% of Americans oppose new data center construction, with 48% strongly against it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Environmental Concerns:<\/strong> Primary reasons for the opposition to data centers include concerns about the significant consumption of energy and water, potential land depletion, and water shortages.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Quality-of-Life Issues:<\/strong> Concerns about noise, air pollution, and overall quality-of-life issues are also factors driving the resistance against local data center projects.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Economic and Technological Debate:<\/strong> Proponents of data center construction emphasize the economic benefits like job opportunities, tax revenue, and technological advantages such as meeting the demand for AI technologies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Industry Competition:<\/strong> The construction and race for data centers are heavily driven by AI technology companies in competition for market control.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Innovative Solutions:<\/strong> Innovative and unusual proposals such as space-based data centers, driven by companies like SpaceX and Anthropic, are being considered to meet the growing demand for data processing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Local Protests and Outrage:<\/strong> Specific projects, like the $100 billion Stratos Project in Utah, have faced significant public outcry and disputes over claims made by proponents regarding the project\u2019s benefits and opposition narratives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Skepticism Over Economic Benefits:<\/strong> Doubts persist regarding the economic benefits data centers will deliver, with concerns that the positive impacts are overstated, along with calls for more research into long-term effects and more energy-efficient solutions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI Companies Are Thirsty for Data Centers, but Americans Oppose Them Nearby https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/gallup-poll-americans-dont-want-new-data-centers-near-them\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/26101c3425508f5f4923f92827e77030108be450\/hub\/2025\/09\/23\/63859e86-7875-406e-a67d-c53a84383ead\/european-ai-infrastructure.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213379,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213377\/revisions\/213379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}