The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers

Communities across the United States are organizing bipartisan protests against data center construction, with residents citing localized environmental concerns like groundwater contamination and PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, chemicals that don't break down in water) pollution. Data centers have become a focal point for public anxiety about AI development, scrambling traditional political alignments as conservative voters join environmentalists in opposing these facilities.