Report: Community opposition killed $170B in data center development

A new report by Carbon Direct, an energy and climate solutions company, found that, between Jan. 2024 and May 2026, at least 46 artificial intelligence data center projects in 20 states across the United States worth a total of $170 billion were publicly delayed or cancelled after community opposition.

A common thread among the projects: community opposition focused on the lack of transparency in the data center projects.

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