Opposition to new AI data centers has become the fastest-growing political movement in America, putting it on a collision course with the industry that depends on building them.

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• American data centres consume about 66 million gallons of water a day, a small fraction of what they withdraw. BPBrian Potter21 Aug 2025data centersAmericaStructural engineer and writer
• Blocking data center construction in America would not slow the rate of AI progress, only the rate of AI progress in America. PGPaul Graham22 Aug 2026data centersAmericaCo-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
• Data centre opposition only pushes construction to the parts of America that regulate energy and pollution least. TPThomas Ptacek10 Aug 2026data centersAmericaSecurity engineer; founder of Matasano Security and Latacora
• Data centres had not raised the average American household's electricity bill as of 2025; inflation and the gas-price shock did. AMAndy Masley10 Oct 2025data centersAmericaWriter on AI and the environment
• Data centres mostly take farmland, of which America has too much, rather than housing land, of which it has too little. AMAndy Masley2 May 2026data centersAmerica

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