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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Will Weissert and Susan Montoya Bryan

In a divided America, the left and right unite to oppose artificial intelligence data centers

Politics Data Centers - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

In rural eastern Nebraska, a technology revolution could rise from fields of corn and soybean in the form of new data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom.

But just like around many parts of the country, opposition has been building in ways that defy typical partisan boundaries. Conservative farmers and the state Sierra Club chapter recently found common cause against labor leaders as they filled the firehouse in Murdock — population around 275 — to share concerns about data center development moving too quickly.

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