Poll: 61% of Americans oppose AI data center construction, young adults most opposed
justin_hart · x · 2026-09-15
A NY Times/Siena poll finds 61% of Americans oppose AI data center construction vs 34% in favor; opposition peaks at 78% among 18-29 year olds and 75% among Democrats, while GOP voters narrowly support (49/47). Commentator Justin Hart argues opposition is futile since every major service has relied on data centers for decades, though AI data centers are a different breed.
More from Infra
- To dethrone Postgres, new databases must prioritize ecosystem integrations from day one — mgill25 · 2026-11-02
- ESP32-powered 4-inch touchscreen builds a TUI dashboard for monitoring a DGX inference cluster — CATLLM · 2026-11-02
- OpenRouter crosses 10 quadrillion annualized token run rate, doubling every 10.5 weeks — deedydas · 2026-11-02
- Palmer Luckey asks: can you use datacenter RAM for things prohibited by the operator's terms of service? — avaitopiper · 2026-11-02
- Disable MTP for 20-30% faster local LLM inference on limited RAM — InternalMode8159 · 2026-11-02
- Kioxia up 216% in a year but down 68% from its June 2026 peak — zephyr_z9 · 2026-11-02