美国数据中心反对声浪高涨，水资源成首要关切
最新数据显示，美国公众对数据中心的反对情绪达到顶峰，73%的市政会议中无支持者。水资源消耗是首要担忧，且公众对科技巨头承诺的社区利益持高度怀疑态度。值得注意的是，多数评论并未直接提及 AI，而是聚焦于基础设施带来的环境与社会影响。
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America hates data centers.
Public comments don't always match America's true sentiment, but our nation is clearly at a fever pitch of data center opposition.
73% of meetings had 0 data center supporters.
Even isolating for only meetings with any supporters, they were outnumbered 6.
Water use was the #1 concern.
88% of comments raise multiple concerns.
Distrust and transparency frequently come up.
Accusations of corruption also frequently occur, but are overwhelmingly false.
Americans are skeptical about the offered community benefits.
Many stated that they don't believe the proposed benefits will end up arriving.
Big Tech is called out 4.3x more than the AI labs.
Comments naming each company. An AI lab's bar counts the lab or its founder, and in a lighter shade, comments that name only its chatbot.
Elon was mentioned as often as Altman, Thiel, Zuck, Bezos, Gates, and O'Leary combined.
Highest net worth: Elon Musk. Lowest: Kevin O'Leary or Mustafa Suleyman.
AI isn't the leading concern in comments.
Surprisingly, 4/5 comments don't mention AI at all.
Red and blue counties oppose at the same rate.
Counties are grouped by their 2024 presidential vote; heavily means a 15-point margin or more. Heavily Republican counties raise land and community character more, heavily Democratic ones climate change and unfairness to poorer areas. The multiplier is how many times more often one side raises a concern.
Rural counties raise different concerns than urban and suburban ones.
Rural commenters raise community character, farmland, and property rights more often. Urban and suburban commenters raise transparency, government distrust, air pollution, and utility bills more often.
Union workers are the only group that mostly supports data centers.
Roles are what speakers said about themselves at the meeting. Union support is spread across 43 governments.
Data center discussions have risen 22× since 2022.
Based on Prophecy Gov's internal data on 300,000+ local government council meetings.
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America hates data centers.
Public comments don't always match America's true sentiment, but our nation is clearly at a fever pitch of data center opposition.
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73% of meetings had 0 data center supporters.
Even isolating for only meetings with any supporters, they were outnumbered 6.
03
Water use was the #1 concern.
88% of comments raise multiple concerns.
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Distrust and transparency frequently come up.
Accusations of corruption also frequently occur, but are overwhelmingly false.
05
Americans are skeptical about the offered community benefits.
Many stated that they don't believe the proposed benefits will end up arriving.
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Big Tech is called out 4.3x more than the AI labs.
Comments naming each company. An AI lab's bar counts the lab or its founder, and in a lighter shade, comments that name only its chatbot.
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Elon was mentioned as often as Altman, Thiel, Zuck, Bezos, Gates, and O'Leary combined.
Highest net worth: Elon Musk. Lowest: Kevin O'Leary or Mustafa Suleyman.
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AI isn't the leading concern in comments.
Surprisingly, 4/5 comments don't mention AI at all.
09
Red and blue counties oppose at the same rate.
Counties are grouped by their 2024 presidential vote; heavily means a 15-point margin or more. Heavily Republican counties raise land and community character more, heavily Democratic ones climate change and unfairness to poorer areas. The multiplier is how many times more often one side raises a concern.
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Rural counties raise different concerns than urban and suburban ones.
Rural commenters raise community character, farmland, and property rights more often. Urban and suburban commenters raise transparency, government distrust, air pollution, and utility bills more often.
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Union workers are the only group that mostly supports data centers.
Roles are what speakers said about themselves at the meeting. Union support is spread across 43 governments.
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Data center discussions have risen 22× since 2022.
Based on Prophecy Gov's internal data on 300,000+ local government council meetings.
10,202 comments are on the record. Watch a selection of them.
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