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Data Centers Are Driving Conservative Rural Voters to The Democratic Party En Masse: It turns out that middle America REALLY detests data centers. (futurism.com)
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[–] hdsrob@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Most couldn't care less, and people like my dad has a rudimentary understanding of how the internet works anyway.

And the issue the US is having with data centers isn't generally with infrastructure like hosting ones, but the mass build out of hyperscale AI data centers with no regard to available power, water, etc.