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Caleb Naysmith

Billionaire Mark Cuban Says Data Center Fight Is ‘Proxy For Hate’ Toward AI And ‘Concentration Of Wealth’ — ‘Nothing To Do With Data Centers’

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be built on chips and code, but Mark Cuban believes its future could hinge on something much less technical: whether ordinary people decide they want it in their backyard.

In a post on X on June 25, the billionaire entrepreneur argued that growing opposition to data centers is no longer just about giant buildings or power demand. Instead, he said, they have become symbols of broader anxieties surrounding artificial intelligence.

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