It may not be as shocking as rogue AI agents hacking another system, but the current political resistance to data centers has taken a surprising turn: It’s bringing together strange bedfellows, from democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders to right-wing strategist Steve Bannon.
Organized opposition to new data centers, made up of a coalition of varied interests, has spread across the nation. Through protests, packed zoning commission meetings, moratoriums and other government action, the resistance has upended dozens of proposed projects.
