The Decentralized Dilemma: Can Home-Based Compute Overcome the AI Data Center Backlash?
Executive Overview The explosive growth of artificial intelligence has collided with an immovable physical wall: local communities do not want the massive, energy-hogging data centers required to feed it. Across the globe, neighborhoods are organizing against the massive hyperscale campuses proposed by Big Tech, citing massive water demands, skyrocketing utility rates, disruptive noise, and sprawling…
