Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area

18% of Americans said they oppose data centers in their local area because of “Energy consumption/Excess power usage/Grid constraints” and 15% said they oppose them because of “Higher utility bills/energy costs”. CRE is a tool that can help alleviate the concerns. CRE makes it easier to build off-grid systems and that can be attractive to data centers. The more data centers that choose off-grid systems, the lower the concerns listed above.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx