Will the data-centre backlash derail the AI boom?

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  The Economist.

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  America's AI boom may have come up against an impossible hurdle.

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  Americans.

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  Throughout the country, ordinary people are doing whatever they can to block big companies

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  like Meta and Amazon from building the data centers they need

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  to continue the AI boom.

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  Nationwide pushback against the continued construction of data centers in local communities.

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  Hundreds rallying in Utah in opposition to a data center

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  slated to be more than twice the size of Manhattan.

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  So far, locals have scuppered data center projects worth nearly $100 billion.

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  And many more could go.

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  Fueled by concerns about jobs, energy bills and the environment,

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  protests have taken place in town halls across America.

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  Anybody that's against this, please stand up.

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  So today, could the backlash really put the brakes on AI?

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