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- 1AI data center boom sparks backlash across the U.S.●AI arms race triggers data center boom, sparking widespread backlash across the U.S. | 60 Minutes
A 60 Minutes report examines how the race to build artificial intelligence is driving a rapid expansion of data centers across the United States, and the growing resistance from communities where the facilities are being built. Residents have raised concerns over energy demands, water use, noise and strain on local power grids, turning data center approvals into a contested political issue in towns across the country.
- 2Climate Activists Protest AI Data Centers and Amazon Gas Plant●Climate Activists Target AI Data Centers & Amazon's Plan to Build Largest U.S. Gas Power Plant
Climate activists are protesting the rapid expansion of AI data centers and Amazon's plan to build the largest gas power plant in the United States, arguing the facilities will drive up emissions and strain energy grids. Critics say tech companies' AI boom is quietly fueling fossil fuel growth despite corporate climate pledges. Supporters of the projects counter that new power capacity is needed to meet surging demand.