Home to the biggest investors in AI infrastructure, the U.S. is experiencing a bipartisan backlash against facilities that critics say harm the environment and siphon away resources in order to fuel AI systems that many fear will imperil jobs and livelihoods.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's data center plan restricts natural gas generation while demanding grid reliability, raising questions about the gap.

The County Council is set to vote Monday evening on whether to extend a moratorium on new data center development through the end of 2027.

FORT MEADE, Florida — Top Democratic candidates in Florida are taking tough stances against data centers in their midterm campaigns. And with less than six weeks until the election, they’re courting Republican voters who also oppose what’s emerged as a potent campaign issue this cycle.

Spending on data centers, the backbone of the artificial intelligence industry, has reached new highs in 2026. In response to the infrastructure boom, opposition to the facilities has exploded this year,

The backlash against data centers that is shaping elections and kitchen table debates across the country is now spilling onto Wall Street.

State regulators ordered the AI data center to either get permits or shut down 62 gas generators at its rapidly expanding facility.

New Jersey environmental officials fined DataOne, a massive 300-megawatt AI data center, more than $1 million, saying the company lacked permits.

A new report from the Pew Research Center adds more data points to the thing everyone seems to know by now: data centers are pretty unpopular. Negative marks are up in every category Pew surveyed, with only 4% of respondents thinking that data centers “have a mostly good impact” across the board.