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A May Gallup poll found that 71% of respondents were opposed to data centers in their area, with 48% being strongly opposed.
Polling by Heatmap News showed public opposition to local data centers increased from 51% in February to 75% in the current month.
A poll from Echelon found that Americans would prefer to have a nuclear power plant in their backyard over a data center for AI.
State governors, including Greg Abbott of Texas and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who previously championed data centers, are now publicly opposing them.
Polls that differentiate between general and AI-specific data centers show that AI data centers face the most public opposition.
Interconnected Capital is tracking 97 county bans, 93 city bans, and 28 town bans on data centers.
New York was the first state to officially impose a data center moratorium.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers stated that proposed data center bans in New England threaten billions of dollars in investment and job opportunities.
Data centers contribute 57% of property taxes in Quincy, Washington, and have funded a $15 million swimming pool and a $120 million high school.
The poverty rate in Quincy, Washington, has fallen from 29.4% in 2012 to 6.2% in 2024, a change attributed to the growth of data centers.
Loudoun County, Virginia, home to Data Center Alley, has over 200 data center facilities representing about 14% of global capacity.
Data centers contribute approximately 42% of local tax funding in Loudoun County, Virginia, up from 32.8% in 2024.