Can data centers ever be "good neighbors"?
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Can data centers ever be "good neighbors"?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 20268 min
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Further proof — in case you need it — that AI data centers aren't very popular: A new survey from the Pew Research Center shows 60% of Americans aren't comfortable welcoming one to the neighborhood. And concerns have grown since the beginning of the year across every demographic group, making the backlash a key issue in the midterm elections. Scott Brennen, director of NYU's Center on Technology Policy, recently published a report on how data centers could better work with communities. More on this: “Americans’ views of data centers have turned more negative” from Pew R...

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Can data centers ever be good neighbors? From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Megan McCarty Carino. Further proof, in case you need it, AI data centers aren't very popular. A new survey from the Pew Research Center shows 60% of Americans aren't comfortable

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welcoming one to the neighborhood, and concerns have grown since the beginning of the year across every demographic group, making the backlash a key issue in the midterm elections. Scott Brennan is the director

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of NYU's Center on Technology Policy, which just published a report on how data centers could better work with communities. The proposed purported benefits of data center construction

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