In these politically divisive times, there’s one thing we all agree on—we don’t want a giant data center in our backyard.

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Hyperscale data centers are engineering marvels housing thousands of GPUs for AI computation, but face widespread public opposition across the US. Communities resist them due to rising electricity bills, environmental concerns including water usage and noise pollution, and minimal job creation despite massive resource consumption. The backlash mirrors earlier tech bus protests, representing frustration with AI's societal transformation and the feeling of powerlessness against big tech companies profiting at local communities' expense.

Data centers are amazing. Everyone hates them.