US data center moratoriums pop up as Big Tech expansion faces local backlash
deanwball · x · 2026-08-22
Kevin Roberts notes that data center moratoriums are appearing across the country. He attributes this to Big Tech forcing its way into communities without transparency about trade-offs or working to improve local lives, instead making them more expensive. This marks a shift from his previous optimism about superintelligence driving GDP growth.
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