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· May 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM

No one wants to live next to a noisy computer warehouse and communities across the country are successfully fighting them.

An Incomplete List of Successful Anti-Data Center Legislation
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Opposition to the massive data centers that power AI is bipartisan and growing across the country. From Maine to California, more states and local communities are passing moratoriums and bans on construction of the noisy, power and water hungry buildings. People are getting arrested for speaking too long at town halls, legislators are receiving death threats, and it’s clear that the fight against these computer warehouses will shape American politics for years to come.

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