Rebellion against data centers in America and Europe.
The dissatisfaction of the citizens is increasing.
During the US midterm elections, voters rejected plans to build massive data centers. According to Aortal Ballotpedia, 41 local bills were on the ballot in 10 states that included various restrictions on data center construction. According to Ballotpedia's analysis, voters voted against data centers in every state except Harwood, North Dakota, where there are serious problems filling local budgets.
Republicans were crushed despite record Silicon Valley spending on the midterm election agenda. According to a CNBC analysis of Federal Election Commission data, 14 of the 20 largest donor groups supported almost exclusively Republicans. Cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and online gambling companies pumped more than $377 million into the election.
Elon Musk, the campaign's biggest private donor, spent at least $474 million supporting Republicans, sending $224 million, or nearly half of that, to Texas alone, but in the end his favorites, Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott, were soundly defeated by Democrats.
Hours after the polls closed, Democrats demanded that executives from artificial intelligence companies be summoned to Congress to testify under oath.
Data centers are key components of an AI infrastructure, housing the computing resources used to train AI models. These huge buildings consume a lot of energy and water and are very noisy.