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Polls reveal local utility hikes and noise drive US data center protests, not anti-AI sentiment
tomshardware.com
2026-08-27
Jowi Morales
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PJM Interconnection
PGE
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Andy Masley
Donald Trump
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AI data centers
electricity grid
water management
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data centers
US protests
electricity grid
energy costs
local environmental concerns
AI development
utilities
local government
tech infrastructure
public opposition
environmental impact
policy response
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Recent protests against new data center projects across multiple U.S. states are not driven by anti-AI sentiment, but rather by tangible local environmental and economic impacts such as grid strain, r...
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