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Zvi Mowshowitz: 75% of Americans oppose local data centers, and only 14% of that is about disliking AI
In 'The American People Really Hate Data Centers,' published August 24, Zvi argues the opposition is not a messaging failure but a stack of real objections, distrust of big tech, data collection, concentrated wealth, new construction, and the small job counts. He cites Gallup showing at most 41% of the opposition relates to AI at all and just 14% driven by negative views of AI itself, and notes opposition now exceeds opposition to coal plants, which actually poison their neighbors. His most load-bearing data point against the 'they just don't understand tech' story is that young people oppose data centers more than older ones.
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