AI Now on data center boom: community pushback and 'they won't build them where they live'
AINowInstitute · x · 2026-09-05
- AI Now Institute's Alli Finn joined the DATM podcast with host FreelanceAstro and Matt Rodriguez to discuss the speed and scale of data center construction, its impact on surrounding communities, and how residents can fight back.
- A pointed quote from the episode: "If these things were actually beneficial to local communities, these billionaires would be building them where they live. And they're not."
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