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Across the US, people don’t want data centers coming to their communities

<figure><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/761589/original/file-20260922-60-osgs2y.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&rect=310%2C0%2C3358%2C2238&q=45&auto=format&w=1050&h=700&fit=crop" /><figcaption><span class="caption">As data centers pop up across the nation, Americans have significant concerns that span political and climate-related perspectives.</span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/an-aerial-view-of-the-construction-of-a-new-amazon-web-news-photo/2292181303">Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images</a></span></figcaption></figure><p>Regardless of their views on politics or climate change, <a href="https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-politics-and-policy-spring-2026/#7SpecialSectionDataCenters">most Americans oppose the development</a> of data centers in their communities.</p> <p>These large buildings filled with computers that store and process digital information