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02 Nov 2026, 11:19 PM	Tom's Hardware	6.0	'America hates data centers' — New data highlights public sentiment A Tom's Hardware report on a database of 10,000 public comments about US data centers found more than 90% were negative, only 21% mentioned AI, and 73% of meetings had no data-center supporters. Water was the top concern. Why: If you build on cloud or AI capacity, treat water use and local permitting as the likely bottleneck, not AI backlash: the data says opponents are not primarily arguing about AI, so an 'AI progress' pitch won't answer the main objection. For Malaysian and Southeast Asian builders relying on data-center expansion, plan for delays and cost changes from community and water constraints rather than assuming capacity arrives on schedule. data-centers ai-infrastructure public-policy water-use cloud-capacity

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02 Nov 2026, 11:19 PM

Tom's Hardware

6.0

'America hates data centers' — New data highlights public sentiment

A Tom's Hardware report on a database of 10,000 public comments about US data centers found more than 90% were negative, only 21% mentioned AI, and 73% of meetings had no data-center supporters. Water was the top concern.

Why: If you build on cloud or AI capacity, treat water use and local permitting as the likely bottleneck, not AI backlash: the data says opponents are not primarily arguing about AI, so an 'AI progress' pitch won't answer the main objection. For Malaysian and Southeast Asian builders relying on data-center expansion, plan for delays and cost changes from community and water constraints rather than assuming capacity arrives on schedule.